The Meme Machine
Last updated October 31, 2026
Susan Blackmore builds on Richard Dawkins's idea of the meme, a unit of culture such as a habit, tune or idea that is copied from one person to another. She treats memes as replicators in their own right. She argues that the competition among memes to be imitated has shaped human language, the growth of our large brains, religion and even our sense of having a single self, and asks what follows for how we understand ourselves.
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