A Girardian take on the internet is that it has sparked off toxic mimetic contests like nothing before in human history, but the democratization of the tools of creation has also given everyone a genuine chance to be an Original
Girard was Peter Thiel's professor at Stanford and directly inspired his business classic Zero To One's most iconic idea: Competition Is For Losers
Admiration turns into mimicking someone, INCLUDING their desires. This launches warfare over the mutual object of desire
Admiration turns into mimicking someone, INCLUDING their desires. This launches warfare over the mutual object of desire
Violence in history is not a battle between people completely different but people extremely similar - a dynamic that's dramatized by Dostoevsky in his short story The Eternal Husband
A king wars with another powerhungry king, an obsessive player plays against another obsessive
A king wars with another powerhungry king, an obsessive player plays against another obsessive
I haven't advanced deeply enough into Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World to know for sure but the solution might be something like make your identity, desires, and goals as unique as possible to avoid a zero-sum bloodbath. Claim the frontier, don't fight over scraps
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