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Do you mean memetic inoculation or memetic indoctrination?

Children already get a whole lot of the latter, civics and ethics are entirely the latter, and it is the rebellion against this indoctrination that gets us this angsty memery.

This memery is mostly harmless... the unexamined angst, anxiety, rage, and isolation is not.

I would be very interested to see what a true memetic inoculation program would look like, though. I feel like my own immunity is developed entirely from exposure, with frequent bouts of illness and overcoming.



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