Crypto-Semiotic Principles: the Function of the Meme

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digraph TheMemeticTemplate {
    rankdir=LR;
    label="The Memetic Template";
    labelloc=top;
    fontsize=23;
    node [shape=box, style=filled, color=lightblue];

    // Elements
    Agency [label="Agency\n{Executive Redemption}"];
    Value [label="Value"];
    Agency -> Value;

    Temporal_Structuring_Synthetic_Value [label="Temporal Structuring\n& Synthetic Value"];

    // Define the root node
    memelord [label="((( Memelord )))"];
    culture [label="Culture"];
    Value -> memelord -> culture;

    // Define sibling nodes
    ontology [label="Ontology"];
    memetics [label="Memetics"];

    // Define edges
    culture -> ontology;

    // Define sub-nodes for Memetics
    memetic_theory [label="Memetic Theory"];
    memetic_practice [label="Memetic Practice"];

    // Connect sub-nodes to Memetics
    // Removed: memetics -> memetic_theory;
    memetics -> memetic_practice;

    // Define sub-nodes for Memetic Theory
    semiological_thing [label="Meme"];
    the_self [label="Self"];
    thing_itself [label="The Thing Itself"];
    dasein [label="Literal Significance"];

    // Connect sub-nodes to Memetic Theory
    memetic_theory -> semiological_thing;
    // Removed: memetic_theory -> the_self;
    // Removed: memetic_theory -> dasein;
    dasein -> thing_itself;

    // Define sub-nodes for Memetic Practice
    memetic_practice -> dasein;

    // Additional connections
    dasein -> culture;
    thing_itself -> dasein;

    // Define sub-graph for Cultura under Memeology
    subgraph cluster_cultura {
        label="  Ontic Tribalism";
        style=dashed;
        color=lightgrey;
        cultural_norms [label="Cultural Norms"];
        societal_values [label="Societal Values"];
        cultural_commentary [label="Cultural Commentary"];
        mimetic_subjectivity [label="Subjectivity"];
        memetic_idealism [label="Memetic Idealism"];
        the_self; // Add The Self to the tribal ontology
        crypto_semiotics [label="Crypto-semiotics"]; // Add Crypto-semiotics to the tribal ontology
    }

    // Connect nodes within the sub-graph
    memetic_idealism -> cultural_commentary [style=dashed, dir=none];
    memetic_idealism -> ontology [style=dashed, dir=none];
    memetic_idealism -> mimetic_subjectivity;
    memetic_idealism -> memelord;
    memetic_idealism -> Temporal_Structuring_Synthetic_Value;

    // Connect Cultura nodes to Culture
    culture -> cultural_norms;
    culture -> societal_values;
    culture -> cultural_commentary;

    // Define sub-nodes for Mimetic Subjectivity under Memeology
    imitation [label="Imitation"];
    adaptation [label="Adaptation"];
    personal_significance [label="Personal Significance"];
    social_significance [label="Social Significance"];
    mimetic_subjectivity -> imitation;
    dasein -> adaptation;
    dasein -> personal_significance;
    dasein -> social_significance;
    semiological_thing -> mimetic_subjectivity [dir=both];
    mimetic_subjectivity -> cultural_commentary [style=dashed, dir=none];

    // Connect The Thing Itself to Adaptation
    thing_itself -> adaptation [style=dashed, dir=none];

    // Define sub-nodes for Potentiality-for-being
    potentiality_for_being [label="Potentiality-for-being"];
    memetic_practice -> potentiality_for_being;

    // Integrate the sub-graph for Normativity and Accountability in Memetic Practices
    subgraph cluster_normativity_accountability {
        label="  Memetic Practice";
        style=dashed;
        color=lightgrey;
        // Define nodes within the sub-graph
        normativity [label="Normativity"];
        accountability [label="Accountability"];
        ethical_standards [label="Ethical Standards"];
        meme_creation [label="Meme Creation"];
        meme_sharing [label="Meme Sharing"];
        societal_impact [label="Societal Impact"];
        individual_responsibility [label="Individual Responsibility"];
        community_guidelines [label="Community Guidelines"];
        authenticity [label="Authenticity"];
        integrity [label="Integrity"];
        influence [label="Influence"];
        ethical_boundaries [label="Ethical Boundaries"];
        // Define edges within the sub-graph
        normativity -> ethical_standards;
        normativity -> community_guidelines;
        accountability -> individual_responsibility;
        accountability -> societal_impact;
        meme_creation -> authenticity;
        meme_creation -> integrity;
        meme_sharing -> influence;
        meme_sharing -> ethical_boundaries;
        ethical_standards -> meme_creation;
        ethical_standards -> meme_sharing;
        community_guidelines -> meme_creation;
        community_guidelines -> meme_sharing;
        individual_responsibility -> meme_creation;
        individual_responsibility -> meme_sharing;
        societal_impact -> influence;
        societal_impact -> ethical_boundaries;
    }

    Temporal_Structuring_Synthetic_Value -> semiological_thing [style=dashed, dir=none];
    
    // Connect the sub-graph to the main graph
    memetic_practice -> normativity;
    memetic_practice -> accountability;

    // Add Memetic Debt
    memetic_debt [label="Memetic Debt"];
    memetic_debt -> culture [style=dashed, dir=none];

    // Define Executive cluster
    subgraph cluster_executive {
        label="   Executive";
        style=dashed;
        color=lightyellow;
        memetic_executive [label="Memetic Executive\n(the function of the Meme)"];
        memetic_executive -> memetic_debt [label="Disbursement"];
        cultural_impact [label="Cultural Impact"];
        subjective_experience [label="Subjective Experience"];
        crypto_philology [label="Crypto-philology"];
        Agency;
    }

    // Connect Executive cluster to main graph
    memelord -> memetic_executive;
    memelord -> cultural_impact;
    memelord -> subjective_experience;
    memelord -> crypto_philology;
    memelord -> Agency;

    // Connect Ontology and Memetic Theory to Memetics
    ontology -> memetics;
    // Removed: memetic_theory -> memetics;

    // Removed: Connect Meme Sharing to The Self
    // meme_sharing -> the_self;

    // Removed: Link The Self and The Thing Itself
    // the_self -> thing_itself [style=dashed, dir=none];

    // New connections based on specifications
    memetic_theory -> memetic_idealism [dir=none];
    the_self -> mimetic_subjectivity;
    the_self -> Agency;

    // New connection: Join Memetics with Crypto-semiotics
    memetics -> crypto_semiotics;
}