Imitation and Innovation
May 27, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 41
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Episode description
- René Girard's understanding of the symbiosis of imitation and innovation.
- In traditional societies, imitation was encouraged, innovation was discouraged; in modern society, it is the opposite; why?
- Imitation and innovation game in science, the arts, business, and geopolitics
- Bad imitation: resentment of the rival and cargo cults
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