The "What is Money?" Show

How Jealousy and Zeal Drive the Human Condition with Johnathan Bi (WiM473)

Episode Summary

Johnathan Bi joins me for a conversation about the Great Books of the West, how literature and mythology shape our moral and legal systems, mimetic desire, the physics of human nature, and what Nietzsche would think about today’s victimhood culture. Johnathan Bi is the co-founder of Opto Investments and a philosopher focusing on human nature and Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory.

Episode Notes

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0:00 - WiM Show Intro

2:36 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 

3:23 - Introducing Johnathan Bi 

3:51 - The Great Books of the West 

12:19 - How Literature Shapes Moral and Legal Systems 

17:49 - Fiction vs Lies 

22:56 - Mimetic Desire 

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39:20 - The Morality of Mimetic Desire 

46:59 - The Physics of Human Nature 

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01:03:14 - Nietzsche and Higher Men 

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01:10:31 - Nietzsche and Victimhood Culture 

01:20:43 - Adultery and Competitive Nature 

01:33:08 - Where does Inequality Come From? 

01:51:19 - Where to Find Johnathan Bi? 

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