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The tyranny of ideas
“For me ideas are coherent patterns of information that can be used for particular forms of action; either embodied action or to realize a particular form. This is the reason why I take the view that ideas are not memes. The meme originally defined by Richard Dawkins is a unit that competes with other memes in the same way that organ
... See moreWhat’s interesting is not ideas per se, but the way you combine them in your own unique way. What’s interesting is intertextuality, i.e. the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text, the relation of texts with other texts, how they form a web of influence and connections: allusions, quotations, pastiche, influence, plagiarism... Writing is like ... See more
Laëtitia Vitaud • Emails Overload, Newsletters & Impostor Syndrome
I handled that conundrum the usual way: I went and checked out some of my favorite internet thinkers. These people had no idea what a huge influence they were on me, but all of my ideas were just amalgams of the stuff they were talking about. I tried to pull from a diverse group, Black women sci-fi authors, Chinese business analysts, nuclear disarm
... See moreHank Green • A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: A Novel (The Carls Book 2)
10. People don't have ideas. Ideas have people.