Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive

awesome a fresh view of the tech singularity -- AI as the birth of third generation replicators -- R3 as T1 or piggy backing on humans and dawn of the post-human and climate change etc seen from new perspective -- I find it interesting that Susan Blackmore sees a choke point ahead --- I know I do and have done for some time but she weaves it into a larger narrative

Does this mean that women will someday choose a mate judging by the size of his robot?

TED | Talks | Susan Blackmore: Memes and "temes" (video)