updating

first semester finals are over -- posting will hopefully be easier and a bit more frequent. over time, i hope to illumine the project i have been working for some time on. at this point, i feel i have a pretty good grasp on the business of meme theory, and in a near future perhaps i'll be so opportuned as to get to join in the formal dialogues over it. now, though, my attention is expanding to really understanding where memetics fits in to the 'bigger picture' -- what does it mean for our thoughts (which are not merely objects we have and lose, but are part of what we are as human beings and thinkers) to be themselves evolving over time? what is the significance of a knowledge that 'is that which seeks itself'? on the epistemological level, we have to recognize that everything is far more complex maybe than philosophers ever fully realized. it means that what we think doesn't alone change, but what we think and how we think change over the course of time.

at this time, i'm looking into General System Theory by ludwig von bertalanffry (did i spell that correctly?) and an Introduction to Cybernetics by w. ross ashby. i'll try to keep whoever's reading this (small in number but hopefully sharing in interest) updated.