The "What is Money?" Show

The Nature of Mimetic Desire with Rob Henderson (WiM351)

Episode Summary

Rob Henderson joins me to discuss the nature of mimetic desire, the underlying purpose of advertisement, and the notion of agreeableness and disagreeableness.

Episode Notes

Rob Henderson joins me to discuss the nature of mimetic desire, the underlying purpose of advertisement, and the notion of agreeableness and disagreeableness. 

Rob Henderson is a writer and psychologist. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. 

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00:00 - Coming up 
00:47 - Intro 
02:20 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 
03:06 - Introducing Rob Henderson 
03:30 - What is Mimesis? 
05:46 - The Nature of Mimetic Desire 
07:16 - Psychological Impact of Advertising 
08:25 - The Celebrity Flywheel Effect 
11:25 - Followers: Quality over Quantity 
12:17 - The Underlying Purpose of Advertising 
14:38 - Secondary Effect of Advertising 
16:03 - The Mirror Phase and Mimesis 
19:58 - Imitation: From Survival to Prestige-Bias 
23:37 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 
24:33 - Influence of Incentive and Technological Evolution 
29:42 - Changing the Incentive Structure 
32:13 - Anti-Mimesis: Doing the Opposite 
35:03 - Agreeableness and Disagreeableness 
37:34 - Effects of Evolutionary Impulse on Agreeableness 
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43:47 - How Parents Can Navigate Child's Adolescence 
47:00 - Temporal Nature of Emotions in Teenage Years 
48:00 - Connection between Mimetic Desire and Rituals 
50:37 - Mimesis of Social Media 
52:48 - The Model of Desire 
54:02 - Where to Find Rob on the Internet

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