Succinctly... He's onto the idea that societys can form cohesive interactive superorganisms based on the replicator he describes as the meme. These superorganisms, because they are an integral part of the human envrionment, directly influnence human genetic evolution. These superorganisms, because they are contained in a larger societal and physical envrionmet and contain mutable information-conveying replicators, are themselves subject to a Darwinian-like evolution.
Thats what I got out of the Lucifer Principle, at first glance. --
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"The computer is the most extraordinary part of Man's technological clothing: it is an extension
of our central nervous system. Beside it the wheel is a mere hula-hoop." -- Marshall McLuhan
