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The Nature of Mimetic Desire with Rob Henderson (WiM351)

The "What is Money?" Show
The "What is Money?" Show
Episode • Aug 11, 2023 • 54m

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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