Disinfect Your Mind

Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme by Richard Brodie - Integral Press, 2004, 251 pages, ISBN 0963600125 (first edition: 1995, ISBN 0963600117)

Very vivid and internally logical representation of memetic, memes, and mind viruses. Few things are somewhat over the board, like “there is no truth” — maybe he should have to make this piece more clear. But overall really good and considered one of the classic books on memetic.

The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore with Foreword by Richard Dawkins — Oxford University Press; 2000, 264 pages, ISBN 019286212X, also, hardcover: Oxford University Press, 1999, 264 pages, ISBN 0198503652.
This book is polemic with “The Selfish Gene” in terms that it shows how memes override our genetic-defined behavior. A good read if you want to clarify the memetic for yourself, although IMHO a little paranoid, I have to admit.

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins - Oxford University Press; 2nd Ed edition, 1990, 368 pages, ISBN 0192860925 (first edition 1976)

Here is the book that started it all. That’s the actual book where the word “meme” appeared first. Although the book itself is mostly devoted to the biological genes (DNA) and their evolution.

This blog will be devoted to the topic of mind viruses, protecting from them, and my new upcoming book on this subject. I’ll also start posting the relevant links and bibliography here, which, probably, will be the main content of this blog for now.
See you around!
Ely