Episode
#289: Johnathan Bi – Rene Girard & The Philosophy of Innovation
1:39:53
Published: Fri Dec 16 2022
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. - 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/ - Resources: Stew Fortier on the importance of storytelling – https://twitter.com/stewfortier/status/1328382623496822785 - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out: https://link.chtbl.com/MFM?sid=Danny-Miranda - My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Episode#289: Johnathan Bi – Rene Girard & The Philosophy of Innovation
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