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Friday, August 04, 2006

Why I recommend "Virus of the Mind:: The New Science of the Meme"

by Richard Brodie

This is an excellent book with a powerful yet simple-to-understand notion for how ideas, once created, spread like wildfire.

And it explains how an unworthy, incorrect, and even harmful idea – can spread more easily than a truth or a solution to a problem, including those ultimately caused by the former.

A highly recommended read to all of the following:
  1. voters
  2. public speakers and celebrities
  3. school teachers and professors
  4. book, magazine, and article writers
  5. reporters
  6. politicians
  7. managers
  8. economists
  9. fashion-followers
  10. consumer and ethics watchdogs
  11. high school students
  12. diplomats
  13. people given to rioting and group hysterics

You can learn a lot from a book like this. This is good, practical knowledge.

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