Memes

2005-present Jun 2026 The Meme Wars Memes are not jokes. They are the first genuinely new form of folk art since cinema -- with formal properties, canons, criticism, and lifecycles. The same image means different things to different audiences, and that is the content moderation nightmare.
Jun 2026 Memes Are Folk Art Memes satisfy every criterion folklorists use to identify folk art: anonymous authorship, communal transmission, iterative refinement, and ephemeral survival. They are the first folk art tradition that operates at the speed of light.