Beff Jezos: e/acc is memetically optimal because knowing the meme boosts fitness
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-25
e/acc originator Guillaume Verdon (beffjezos) argues the movement is memetically optimal because it exposes a latent truth about how the world works — and knowledge of the meme itself gives its host person or org greater fitness.
Quoted context from @KeaganCW: in the social media age you can't overindex on a movement's aesthetics, which is why e/acc spreads like wildfire while EA, despite philosophical coherence, is easy to dunk on — EA keeps the institutions, but e/acc is clearly more popular.
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