"…in the early 21st century, we are seeing the emergence of a third replicator. I call these temes..."

“…in the early 21st century, we are seeing the emergence of a third replicator. I call these temes (short for technological memes, though I have considered other names). They are digital information stored, copied, varied and selected by machines. We humans like to think we are the designers, creators and controllers of this newly emerging world but really we are stepping stones from one replicator to the next.”

- Susan Blackmore

from Stowe Boyd http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/151237017847