Music is just a Word

The Music of Today (Music is just a Word ep. 11)

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:00 -0400

Dictators!

Mon, 20 May 2024 01:00:00 -0400

Who may design music?

Tue, 14 May 2024 19:00:00 -0400

Music in the age of intelligent design

Mon, 13 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400

Music Is Just A Word - ep5: Intelligent Design, Language, and Society

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500

human intelligent design0:46

whose selection? 6:33

human vs natural design11:09

bottom-up vs top-down design14:50

bottom-up/top-down in society 17:00

intelligent design and language21:46

memes and language 34:06

is memetics science? 40:14

One Communication To Rule Them All

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:00:00 -0400

A call for reform in music culture, and some original theories of cultural evolution.

Language is ..
.. just one kind of communication 1:16
.. an experiment2:34
.. a hallmark of runaway cultural evolution4:39

The memetic advantage of language9:00
Cultural evolution turns digital 18:11
Classifying communication22:57
Language and music: an evolutionary drama27:15
Music as a vehicle for language31:05
Music as an alternative to language 41:39
Music and food 44:40

A Music Culture Dominated By Language

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:00:00 -0400

A call for reform in music culture, and some original theories of cultural evolution.

Language about laughter, language about music0:40
Our language-favouring music economy5:36
Is music really a language?12:34
Music that stands on its own two feet15:09
A reversal of means and ends19:52
Academia favours language over music26:52
The myth of non-music32:59
Interactive layers of music35:40

Memetics, Music, and the Self-Replicating Human Behaviour (part 1)

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:00:00 -0400

A call for reform in music culture, and some original theories of cultural evolution.

Memetics, Music, and the Self-Replicating Human Behaviour (part 2)

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:00:00 -0400

A call for reform in music culture, and some original theories of cultural evolution.