http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/07/16/its-the-archetypes-dummy/ Inferences and Implications, Nuances and Nothings Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/07/16/its-the-archetypes-dummy/#comment-69 Mary-Clare Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:11:23 +0000 http://blog.artnujo.com/2008/07/16/its-the-archetypes-dummy/#comment-69 Related to the archetypes are memes - cultural ideas that are transmitted in humans not too unlike archetypes though more consciously and less organically. Jung believed archetypes are psychic deposits that evolved in the subconscious as the human form evolved – memes are more out in the open and subject to change. Karl Popper advised memetic caution when he said “The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us.” Poor design most likly sows the seeds of its own destruction (case in point SUVs), while good design can nurture its own growth and survival as a memetic survivor best meeting human needs whether cultural, physical or archetypical. Related to the archetypes are memes - cultural ideas that are transmitted in humans not too unlike archetypes though more consciously and less organically. Jung believed archetypes are psychic deposits that evolved in the subconscious as the human form evolved – memes are more out in the open and subject to change. Karl Popper advised memetic caution when he said “The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us.” Poor design most likly sows the seeds of its own destruction (case in point SUVs), while good design can nurture its own growth and survival as a memetic survivor best meeting human needs whether cultural, physical or archetypical.

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