The Nature of Mimetic Desire with Rob Henderson (WiM351)

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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