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Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme
by Richard Brodie
from Hay House

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Worthy of your time
  I recently finished this book and would recommend it to others interested in how language influences behaviors. Sure, there are many themes the book addresses, but my main focus was examining the connections between language manipulation and control of behavior.

• Poorly written self help garbage
  Snakes on a plane: the book.
  If you've just read Dawkins' books such as The Selfish Gene or The Blind Watchmaker and think this might be a good follow up please think twice!
  This is not a science book and reads much more like a self help book. There is a very low content/noise ratio as it delivers very few ideas, and then expounds upon the same ideas over and over again using every new metaphor or anecdote the author can imagine. I couldn't even finish it as I was bored to tears and eventually... more info

• Memes for dummies (3 1/2 stars)
  Please be advised that this book does not take a cold calculated scientific approach at explaining memetics. Richard Brodie explains memes by recounting his personal discovery of memes, futhermore elaborating a fairly modest 'scientific' conclusion. I recommended this book to those merely curious about memetics. If you like 'guru-type' self help books you'll find that this book will suffice is explaining memes while expanding your consciousness. If you are looking for a scientific approach to memetics I... more info

• Los Memes existen
  ¿Como explicar los cambios en las culturas organizacionales ? Este libro te enseña no solo eso, sino ademas, como esto afecta a nivel social y personal. En Mexico, un meme muy poderoso es "la crisis", el cual dice que "nadie puede progresar porque no hay dinero y no hay dinero porque estamos en crisis". Con la informacion de este libro puedes reconocer este meme y quitartelo de una vez por todas.
  

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