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EPISODE · Oct 7, 2025 · 15 MIN

The Poverty of Experience: How did we come to this?

from A Writer asked Google · host Nathan McGrath

So you think you're in control of who you are, can really explain the choices you make, the things you're into and the things that just turn you off?I asked Gemini a question about Art, Cultures, identity, and Capitalism: Gemini took on a riff about memes. You may wonder, as I did 'What the hell?" But this is what Wikipedia says:"The term meme was originally introduced by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene to describe the concept of cultural transmission.The term Internet meme was coined by Mike Godwin in 1993 in reference to the way memes proliferated through early online communities, including message boards, Usenet groups, and email. "For sources and text: https://softmachine.net/briefing-on-cultural-theory-key-concepts-and-debates/

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