MEME-GUSTS is a mailing list devoted to the sharing and spreading of tightly bundled memes - a sort-of poetics of memetics. it is intended to be a high signal, low noise, low traffic, brevity emphasized list. instead of verbose commentary upon commentary, the list is restricted to meme-gusts and commentary that is itself in meme-gust form (whatever that evolves into). To subscribe: mailto: listserv@netcom.com message in body: subscribe meme-gusts or for information only: info meme-gusts +----------------------------------------------+ | list owner: k. erixon - setebos@netcom.com | | send contributions to: meme-gusts@netcom.com | +----------------------------------------------+ 'MEME-GUSTS' : signal-to-noise ratio raised to its upper limits! this list is a conduit for the viral spread of the most tightly bundled memes possible. if the idea can be expressed with one less word, best do it so. the internal integrities of a short gust of words must transfer the meme to other carriers. it may involve trial and error. for those who don't know, a meme is a conceptual gene - a unit of cultural evolution - any idea which is capable of replication and transfer between carriers. memes survive in the "slightly unconscious", and are more discovered than invented. to find them you must suppress your conscious mind a bit and record what you notice. by exchanging strong memes on this mailing list we wish to provide a memetic breeding-ground, a symbiotic synergetic subcultural meme ecosystem whose evolved species are strong enough to spontaneously replicate beyond this place. we hope to advance the language, maybe develop telepathy. :) welcome!