#289: Johnathan Bi – Rene Girard & The Philosophy of Innovation

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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