Memes, memeplex, power and intelligibility

What are memes? Do they have power over us? Are they universally intelligible? Bret Weinstein talks about them as a form of evolution, is this a good way to think about them? How can we understand memes?
In this talk, Manuel Post and I dig into these issues, prompted by the talk between Jonathan Pageau and Bret Weinstein. We deal with power, memes, distributed cognition, wisdom, evolution and more.
Animation by Yana Petkova - music by Rizzi - editing done by Michál José
Jonathan Pageua and Bret Weinstein: https://youtu.be/9NYz1DJ4ByM
Power: https://youtu.be/zC87jVJ82J4
Meaning: https://youtu.be/rY2NqD4mtUg
Progress: https://youtu.be/_jaHdcrIMG8
Money: https://youtu.be/BDTh_FamHTQ
Economy: https://youtu.be/aK9RkMb3fB8
Matt Ridley and Greg Ellis: https://youtu.be/vtcXBjuXGUI