RE: virus: Emerson translation.

Richard Brodie (RBrodie@brodietech.com)
Sun, 30 Mar 1997 17:57:10 -0800


Tony wrote:

[Emerson]
> The virtue in most requests is conformity. [since most
>requests
>are questions, they also contain a packet of memes that say "to agree
>to
>this request is to be virtuous"]

I think the game of memetic telephone gotcha here. Emerson actually
wrote "the virtue in most REQUEST [not requestS] is conformity." That
is, in greatest demand.

Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com +1.206.688.8600
CEO, Brodie Technology Group, Inc., Bellevue, WA USA
http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
Do you know what a "meme" is? http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm
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