#289: Johnathan Bi – Rene Girard & The Philosophy of Innovation
Episode description
Johnathan Bi is the creator of a lecture series on Rene Girard. He is part of the founding team at Opto Investments, graduating from Columbia University with a BA in Philosophy and Computer Science.
In this conversation, we spoke about Girard, philosophy, the end of the world, and much more…
(0:00) My First Million
(0:55) Lecture Series
(4:10) David Perell
(7:45) Printing Press For Audio/Video
(13:40) Buddhism Monastery
(22:10) Why Is Johnathan Making Money?
(27:00) Devoting To Philosophical Study
(35:00) What Does Modernity Get Wrong?
(51:32) Imitate Then Innovate
(54:20) Why Girard?
(59:52) “People Highest Up Got The Lowest Self-Esteem”
(1:05:33) The World Is More Open
(1:08:53) End Of The World
(1:24:28) Girard on Bitcoin
(1:27:24) Johnathan’s Tweets
This episode was originally recorded on July 28, 2022.
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Johnathan’s Links
Lecture I: Introduction to Mimetic Theory – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qu6vBebwwg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnathanBi
Website: https://johnathanbi.com/
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Resources:
Stew Fortier on the importance of storytelling – https://twitter.com/stewfortier/status/1328382623496822785
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SPONSOR:
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My Links
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