Essay
Memetics After Memetics
Why the word memetics faded while viral ideas, imitation, information spread, and cultural transmission kept shaping public life.
Contents
Topic hub
Search focus
memetics viral ideas
Author
By Devin Teichrow. Published July 17, 2025.
Overview
Why the word memetics faded while viral ideas, imitation, information spread, and cultural transmission kept shaping public life.
On stealth memetics, viral ideas, and why the term may have died while the logic behind it lived on.
Read the full essay
https://theedgeofepidemiology.substack.com/p/memetics-is-dead-long-live-memetics
Archive note
This page keeps the essay connected to related topics, maps, and reference pages on The Edge of Epidemiology.