Overview
I need to pull the content of essays into the text for the book, into chapters. Blue Shirt Tuesday will probably be at least one whole chapter, maybe more. The first chapter will be a kind of introduction, and I've already written a few pages on that, which may be enough.
Blue Shirt Tuesday will kick off the engineering problems I worked to overcome over time, and the development of the theoretical concepts which I tested and also discovered in the course of experiments. After the Blue Shirt Tuesday chapters, I think I'll write a few chapters which illuminate and elaborate the discoveries and the concepts at each stage, and then move on to the next round of experiments.
When we get down to Bus Bingo and such, we're in full-on memetic engineering, and then we can switch over to the theoretical stuff like memeplectic skins, the three-narrative model, immunomemetic-alliance meme symmetry, endomemetics, and so on. I may touch on those in the main body of the text as well.
Anyway, it looks like I already have my work cut out for me in bringing all this Blue Shirt Tuesday (BST) stuff together into a holistic manuscript. I guess I'll just start copying it all into a single Google Doc, and then work on editing it up. I have graphics and tables to contend with as well.
Wish me luck!!
Blue Shirt Tuesday Essays
I have a lot of essays, mostly with weird names, including "Macromemetic Monday," that talk about this experiment. I need to collect the links on them here, and then copy-paste them into a chapter two file for the book, and edit them, and their graphics up into something workable.
| Essay | Status | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Shirt Tuesday Doughnuts | ||
| Cheaters, Masochists, Sociopaths, and Proselytizers | ||
| What do Memetic States Look Like? | MSDs, DDs, discussion of cheating | |
| Analysis & Design Summary | List of essays that show notational systems and design principles | |
| Practical Memetic Engineering | Summary of projects, etc. | |
| Macromemetic Monday (Apathy) | "Busload of orphans" metaphor, discussion of doughnut project | |
| Sushi Tuesday Song | ||
| Libidinal Bribes & Memetic Debt | ||
| Castes & Group Behavior | Mentions BST, "allowed" to eat the doughnuts | |
| Nexuses and Power | ||
| State Diagrams & Transition Matrices | Has the STDs from BST | |
| Macromemetic Monday (injection) | discussion of first forays into injection theory | |
| MacMon (overview) | overview of concepts, introduction | |
| Best of Essays List | better-curated list of essays, with comments | |
| How memes work in the brain | short, family abuse, genocide, etc. | |
| Mac-Mon (micromemetic comments) | micromemetic definitions (cohort, inventory, etc.) | |
| Mic-Mon (injection, unlitterbug) | discuss early efforts leading to BST | |
| Libidinal Bribes & Memetic Debt | ||
| Choosing Libidinal Bribes | ||
| Other Essays | ||
| Prime Pizza Thursday | ||
| Candy Conspiracy | ||
| First Look at Alliance Theory | ||
| Memetic Glossary | ||
| Why Does Alienation Lead to Violence? | ||
| Rabbinical Packing the Meme-Space | ||
| Bus Bingo | ||
| Mac-Mon (alliance, RMD, etc.) | ||
| Escaping Meme Hell Through Play | ||
| Mac-Mon Govmt Transparency is Bad? | ||
| Time-Sequence Essay List w/Keywords | Here, and here, too. | |
| "Essays in Progress" | Looooong! Lots of different stuff | |
Resources
Slavaj Zizek, A Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine
Richard M. Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences
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(1) Slavoj Žižek's use of the term "libidinal bribes" refers to the ways in which systems or authorities entice individuals to comply or conform by appealing to their desires, pleasures, or emotional investments. This concept often ties into his critique of ideology and capitalism, where material or symbolic rewards are offered to ensure the reproduction of the system. These "bribes" can take the form of consumer goods, status symbols, or other rewards that tap into our desires, effectively distracting or pacifying us while maintaining the status quo.
A more general or alternative term for offering a concrete reward for desired behavior could be:
- Positive reinforcement – A behavioral psychology term describing the provision of a reward to increase the likelihood of a behavior.
- Incentive – A more neutral term for any reward designed to motivate a specific action or behavior.
- Quid pro quo – Latin for "something for something," implying an exchange or reward for compliance or action.
- Gratification rewards – For behaviors linked to immediate or emotional satisfaction.
- Transactional rewards – Highlighting the exchange-like nature of the interaction.
Žižek's use of "libidinal" specifically points to how these "bribes" play on deeper, often unconscious desires and attachments, linking them to psychoanalytic theory. Would you like an example or further exploration of this idea?
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First Chapter (so far)
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