Keyword: memetics

How Memes Shape Human Behavior December 6, 2006

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atin

Ideas spread like viruses, hijacking behavior without our awareness. Armand and co-host Roberta Maria Atti unpack Richard Dawkins’s concept of memes, tracing how cultural bits ranging from the Macarena to post-9/11 fear alerts to childhood warnings replicate, activate, and quietly condition thought and behavior.