The "What is Money?" Show

How Jealousy and Zeal Drive the Human Condition with Johnathan Bi (WiM477)

Episode Summary

Johnathan Bi joins me for a conversation about the great books of the West, how literature shapes our moral and legal systems, mimetic desire and the physics of human nature, what Nietzsche would think about today’s victimhood culture, and how monogamy satisfies our innate competitive drive. Johnathan Bi is the co-founder of Opto Investments and a philosopher focusing on the great books of the West, human nature, and Rene Girard’s mimetic theory.

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0:00 - WiM Show Intro 

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

3:23 - Introducing Johnathan Bi 

3:52 - The Great Books of the West 

12:20 - How Literature Shapes Moral and Legal Systems 

17:49 - Fiction vs Untruth 

22:56 - Mimetic Desire 

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40:13 - The Morality of Mimetic Desire 

47:52 - The Physics of Human Nature 

52:59 - Achievement and Being an Asshole 

01:04:07 - Nietzsche and Higher Men 

01:09:22 - Bitcoin 2024: The Largest Bitcoin and Fintech Conference in the World 

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01:11:58 - Nietzsche and Victimhood Culture 

01:22:11 - Adultery and Competitive Nature 

01:34:36 - Where does Inequality Come From? 

01:52:46 - Where to Find Johnathan Bi?


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