Social Kapital Joel Postman

Once popular and beloved, “the death of” meme, known for driving site traffic and links, was laid to rest this afternoon in a pauper’s grave at My Lady of Perpetual Annoyance Memorial Park. Star of such classics as Die! Press release! Die! Die! Die!,  The Death of the Press Release (in wide syndication), and, more recently, the critical hit/box office flop, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004, “the death of” meme had a long and useful life, though, some say, it held on far too long, one of the inevitable byproducts of our ability to prolong living without consideration for the quality of life.