I have recently been fascinated by the work of Defender: a writer, independent researcher, and aspiring “cultural engineer.” Defender’s main contribution to the discourse™ is a concept called “open memetics.” I’m still wrapping my head around this stuff, but here’s the basic idea: humanity is currently doing a terrible job at anticipating how ideas spread, especially online, and we’re all suffering for it.
Unfortunately, I think you cooked with this one…