#479 - Johnathan Bi - Why Do Founders Love René Girard?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Johnathan Bi is a startup founder, philosopher and mathematician. René Girard is one of the most popular philosophers in Silicon Valley. Why is it that an obscure French polymath from the 1900's would become one of the most influential and cited thinkers amongst founders, CEOs and leaders in high-growth companies? Expect to learn how Girard believes that mimetic desire drives almost all of our behaviour, why breaking out from the group to do your own thing doesn't mean you're an individual, how having sex can end up not being for the enjoyment of sex, why Peter Thiel and so many others love Girard's work, how understanding Girard can improve your daily life and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 20% discount on Diet Smoke’s legal THC Gummies at https://www.dietsmoke.com/ (use code: MW20) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Watch Jonathan's Girard lecture series here - https://youtu.be/5Qu6vBebwwg Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's happening people? Welcome back to this show. My guest today is Jonathan B. He's a startup founder, philosopher and a mathematician.
0:08.4	René Gerard is one of the most popular philosophers in Silicon Valley.
0:12.4	Why is it that an obscure French polymath from the 1900s would become one of the most influential and cited thinkers amongst founders, CEOs, and leaders in high growth companies?
0:24.1	Thankfully Jonathan has dedicated the last half decade to studying his work.
0:28.6	Expect to learn how Gerard believes that mimetic desire drives almost all of our behavior.
0:33.6	Why breaking out from the group to do your own thing doesn't mean that you're an individual.
0:38.2	How having sex can end up being not for the enjoyment of sex. Why Pete the Teal and so many others love Gerard's work.
0:44.8	How understanding Gerard can improve your daily life. And much more.
0:49.4	It's an interesting thing to consider how one man can be so influential and whether his theory about mimesis and about mimetic desire actually explains about why he's so popular in the first place.
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