Interesting read on DoD meme contractor Robotic Technology, Inc.

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We initiated the Military Memetics project in 2006, under sponsorship of an agency of the Department of Defense. The initial focus is to establish a scientific basis for memetics in order to predict and control memes and their effects; applications will subsequently follow the rearch. Ultimately, Military Memetics may be able to: develop a new, peaceful approach to countering terrorists and insurgents, before and after they become terrorists and insurgents, by: influencing behavior in a predictable way; preventing irrational conflict and promote rational solutions to national and international problems; strengthening the U.S. military in peacekeeping missions, psychological operations, recruitment, and training; and making new scientific discoveries concerning the human brain, cognition, and social networks.

A concise definition of a meme is: a meme is information which propagates, persists, and has impact. Memetics is the study of memes.

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Here is a presentation on memes:

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This is interesting info with the backdrop of the 2016 presidential election in the rear view mirror. Maybe there is a real reason Trump surrounds himself with generals. They had enough. The military had to take back this country. Trump was/is their vessel.