Sentences with phrase «memetics shows»

The theory of memetics shows how creating a mode of natural selection for memes in the sea of uncontrolled digital information via Arsenal Gear would allow the Patriots to shape public discourse by easily replacing radical or opposing ideas with those that the group finds more convenient for maintaining their power.

Not exact matches

Snake's war against a shadowy organization controlling the world, known as the Patriots, uses its near - future technology to ask questions about personal freedom, the role of technology in our society as a tool to aid or even control us, even how media can influence and even trick us (a major role in the post-modern technological shit - show of a tale that is Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which attempts to tackle the power of information as a memetic tool of control).

Tackling the issues of digital information control, memetics, and hypertext in a video game is no easy feat but MGS2 does an admirable job of showing how the three work in tandem with each other and provide insight into some of the concerns that affect our current Information Age.

I think your primary post above shows quite clearly how reductionist memetics / memology is.

If there was any value in memetics, the genetic analogy would have long ago shown Stern's work for what it is — an exercise in justifying power for power's sake.