Jul 28, 2022
Johnathan Bi started out getting
trained in Mathematics, and then eventually went on to study
Philosophy and Computer Science at Columbia. He hosts a lecture
series on René Girard’s Mimetic Theory and is also a founding
member of Lonsdale Investment Technology.
Important Links:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnathanBi
- Lecture series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qu6vBebwwg
- Website: https://johnathanbi.com/
- Lonsdale Investment Technology:
https://www.longterm.com/
Show
Notes:
- Becoming pessimistic with
age
- Humiliation always comes back to
bite you
- How Jonathan got introduced to
Buddhism and Girard
- Why Jonathan left
academia
- The driving human
emotion
- Has modernity ignored the
“spirit”?
- Girard’s apocalyptic
predictions
- Wild, wild west of
capitalism
- The mystery with the discovery of
the skull
- What does eugenics say about
science?
- Science becoming
dictatorial
- Buddhism figuring out the inner
telescope
- Physical vs. metaphysical
desires
- Mimesis in asset
valuation
- Price to magic
ratio
- Nietzsche's will of
power
- Is delusion bad?
- Can internet lead to greater
violence?
- “The Buddhist
Solution”
- Girard—A rescuer of
spirit
- And MUCH more!
Books
Mentioned:
- The Status Game; by Will
Storr
- The Struggle for Recognition; by
Axel Honneth
- Sapiens; by Yuval Noah
Harari
- The Science of Storytelling; by
Will Storr
- The Origin of Species; Charles
Darwin
- Untimely Meditations; by Friedrich Nietzsche