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None of this material has been subjected to rigorous statistical scrutiny.
Correct, alter or extend it for yourself as needed.
The "Meme Theory" pages are a set of concepts designed to understand, predict,
and control how memes transmit information through an organization or culture.
The memegraphs on this site are a product of theory & concept, not vice versa.
Assumptions:A human being has finite bandwidth for I/O.
Ergo, the sum of all individuals is a social network with finite bandwith.
This bandwidth is composed of channels (as an abstract concept), with one channel equal to one meme.
This bandwidth has quality of service, and allocates variable bandwidth to escalated memes as necessary.
Over time, competition for this finite bandwidth creates hardy memes, resistant to displacement.
We can determine bandwidth allocation and meme resistance through time-based empirical measurements.
and control how memes transmit information through an organization or culture.
The memegraphs on this site are a product of theory & concept, not vice versa.
Assumptions:
We need a methodology for collecting feedback about memes & social bandwidth.
So define this set of quantitative measurements:
So define this set of quantitative measurements:
- Impedance - the speed of propagation of a meme.
- Sentiment - how a meme affects the population.
- Diffraction - how well a meme spawns derivative memes.