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Dynamics for the diffusion and adoption of social norms are discussed. Starting with simple behavioural imitation, more complex mechanisms using culture tags and memes are considered.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde
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Elsenbroich, C., Gilbert, N. (2014). Imitation and Social Norms. In: Modelling Norms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7052-2_7
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