The curious absence of American emulationists in the Third World: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2017/08/the_curious_abs_1.html …
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Why would newness make a meme MORE selected? The less time you've been around, the less time selection's had to operate.
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A new invasive species is generally far more selected than existing ones, conditioned on the fact that it hasn't immediately died out.
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Doesn't "invasive species" just MEAN "coincidentally well-adapted for a novel environment"?
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Yes, word choice was bad. point is if species is growing rapidly in new env, it's likely well adapted and competitors not ready for it.
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But this isn't very helpful if we're trying to grasp *why* it grew rapidly in new env...
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USSR was growing > US, and it seemed like a viable development path that offered a more understandable recipe for growth than laissez faire
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Abstractly, "X is super successful" seems like a much stronger sales pitch for X than "Y is catching up to X" is for Y.
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Upper-middle class brother with a better job vs rich cousin, so to speak.
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I didn't fully appreciate the word "hip" until I read "memetically hyperselected for virulent appeal"
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Isn't the obvious answer: the same reason socialism is more memetically appealing? (Tooby and Comides might bring up small tribe evolution)
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