tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post115496995836449917..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: What's a meme? Where I got my conceptionBill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-4499341906743065562013-06-27T09:36:46.556-04:002013-06-27T09:36:46.556-04:00Of course, the earlier ranks remain. They change a...Of course, the earlier ranks remain. They change a bit from their "pristine" form, but the certainly do remain.<br /><br />As for where we are now, think about this: speech and rank 1, 50,000 years ago; writing and rank 2, 5,000 years ago; algorithmic computation and rank 3, 500 years ago. The numbers are crude, of couse. The point is that they do down by an order of magnitude.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-31579267494084009672013-06-27T07:57:34.766-04:002013-06-27T07:57:34.766-04:005th paragraph: "Rank 4 is where we are now&qu...5th paragraph: "Rank 4 is where we are now"? Number is missing. (Cf. McLuhan's era of electronic communications? Anyway one might argue that earlier ranks are not done away with but remain with us all the time.)JoseAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498383812404763792noreply@blogger.com