#  Dr. Matthew Cashman 

Houlden Fellow

 

 

 



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I study information transmission via culture, and I do it with tools I've developed for measuring the flow of memes through minds. These tools are quantitative (in that we end up with bits and so have a common currency), content-agnostic (so we don't have to take a stand about the right questions to ask), and widely applicable (to anything you can parameterize such that a person can guess at what symbol comes next—language, music, chess, etc.). I am applying these techniques to basic questions in cultural evolution, language and communication, education, and management.



 

 

 





 

 

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