tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post1126412237834254177..comments2024-02-27T09:51:03.152-08:00Comments on On Memetics: Memes and host lifespanTim Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623536372084468307noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-66961361978954495182016-07-14T14:20:19.863-07:002016-07-14T14:20:19.863-07:00This reminds me of the R-type reproductive strateg...This reminds me of the R-type reproductive strategy versus the P-type (assuming I remember correctly), except in a Horizontal dimension. Focus on making as many offspring as possible, or focus on making conditions better for the offspring.<br /><br />I just thought that was interesting.R1ckr011https://www.blogger.com/profile/07564441155783544486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367190233877799632.post-21050342783088842632016-02-25T23:13:59.979-08:002016-02-25T23:13:59.979-08:00"Yet if you look at the most meme-rich areas ..."Yet if you look at the most meme-rich areas of the planet - such as Japan - host lifespans are excellent. Why are we not in an Ebola-like era already?"<br /><br />I'm not sure it's that simple. Between the extremely low reproductive rates, sky-high suicide rates, xenophobia and subsequent extreme ethnic homogeneity, and social ossification, it's a mixed picture. On the other hand Japan has excellent economic and political stability, and the trends seem a little promising.<br /><br />But Japan is really just one of the more advanced when it comes to the above, it's really more of a pattern you see among all developed nations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com