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by PaulHoule 1848 days ago
It's like Sarin: not only does it destroy community but it will lead people to take rash, stupid, destructive and dangerous actions such as

* eating Tide pods

* attaching government buildings

* speculating on financial markets

My son plays games with a lot of meme activity and can demonstrate the act of inserting a small amount of misattributed and false information into a metastable system (game and players) causing a phase transition that changes the community. The people who play along and/or victims usually can't understand what happened, even if you tell them directly.

I have nightmares that are some mix of

http://www.uber.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Miami

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parallax_View