{"product_id":"9780987360007","title":"A Social Algorithm","description":"Once upon a time, a student of molecular biology became curious about why his ideas should be the way they are. The ideas lived happily ever after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis text started as a collection of thoughts and ideas aimed at achieving personal clarity. It developed into something more ambitious: What if someone could encapsulate their world view so completely that the ideas took on a life of their own? What is it which is special about those collections of ideas which have taken on lives of their own in the past? I think there is very specific set of characteristics that define these collections of ideas above and beyond the idea of a \"meme complex\" (a set of mutually supportive ideas), in the same way there is a very specific set of characteristics that define life itself as more than a collection of nucleic acids, lipids, proteins and carbohydrates. It is this specific subset of \"meme complexes\" that I call \"social algorithms\", and this text has become my attempt to create my very own \"social algorithm\". Writing it has helped me find clarity: It is my hope that reading it will help other people to find their own clarity.","brand":"Michael Le Page","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127753720048,"sku":"9780987360007","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780987360007_p0.jpg?v=1763897766","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780987360007","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}