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. <br /><br />Rob Henderson is a writer and psychologist. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. <br /><br />// GUEST // <br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/robkhenderson <br />Newsletter: https://www.robkhenderson.com/<br /><br />// SPONSORS // <br />In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/<br />iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/ <br />Wasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/ <br />Casa (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/ <br />Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ <br />Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.com <br />Carnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/ <br /><br />// OUTLINE // <br />00:00 - Coming up <br />00:47 - Intro <br />02:20 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing <br />03:06 - Introducing Rob Henderson <br />03:30 - What is Mimesis? <br />05:46 - The Nature of Mimetic Desire <br />07:16 - Psychological Impact of Advertising <br />08:25 - The Celebrity Flywheel Effect <br />11:25 - Followers: Quality over Quantity <br />12:17 - The Underlying Purpose of Advertising <br />14:38 - Secondary Effect of Advertising <br />16:03 - The Mirror Phase and Mimesis <br />19:58 - Imitation: From Survival to Prestige-Bias <br />23:37 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet <br />24:33 - Influence of Incentive and Technological Evolution <br />29:42 - Changing the Incentive Structure <br />32:13 - Anti-Mimesis: Doing the Opposite <br />35:03 - Agreeableness and Disagreeableness <br />37:34 - Effects of Evolutionary Impulse on Agreeableness <br />42:07 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet <br />42:58 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa <br />43:47 - How Parents Can Navigate Child's Adolescence <br />47:00 - Temporal Nature of Emotions in Teenage Years <br />48:00 - Connection between Mimetic Desire and Rituals <br />50:37 - Mimesis of Social Media <br />52:48 - The Model of Desire <br />54:02 - Where to Find Rob on the Internet<br /><br />// PODCAST // <br />Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ <br />Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400<br />Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE? <br />RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI<br /><br />// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // <br />Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 <br />Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 <br />Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 <br />Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove<br /><br />// WRITTEN WORK // <br />Medium: https://breedlove22.me