I don’t often agree with Thomas Friedman but here is one where he’s clearly gotten things right.
A dysfunctional political system is one that knows the right answers but can’t even discuss them rationally, let alone act on them, and one that devotes vastly more attention to cable TV preachers than to recommendations by its best scientists and engineers. (Thomas Friedman)
Can’t Keep a Bad Idea Down - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
Meme (n): an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
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