Peter Thiel

in a way, deconstructing them. And there's something about this that is,

in a way, deconstructing them. And there's something about this that is,

in a way, deconstructing them. And there's something about this that is,

know i i think is true i i think um i i think there is something about it that has an unraveling character um and i don't think you can go back we can't go back to these these pagan institutions once they once they have been deconstructed and you know maybe maybe the gods get recharacterized as demons or psychosocial phenomena

know i i think is true i i think um i i think there is something about it that has an unraveling character um and i don't think you can go back we can't go back to these these pagan institutions once they once they have been deconstructed and you know maybe maybe the gods get recharacterized as demons or psychosocial phenomena

know i i think is true i i think um i i think there is something about it that has an unraveling character um and i don't think you can go back we can't go back to these these pagan institutions once they once they have been deconstructed and you know maybe maybe the gods get recharacterized as demons or psychosocial phenomena

But, you know, that doesn't sound like, you know, the way you really bring Zeus back, you know, into the way it would have been understood by, you know, the average person in ancient Greece or something like that. But, yeah, I think... You know, one of the other dimensions that, I mean, it was sort of this combination of literature and anthropology

But, you know, that doesn't sound like, you know, the way you really bring Zeus back, you know, into the way it would have been understood by, you know, the average person in ancient Greece or something like that. But, yeah, I think... You know, one of the other dimensions that, I mean, it was sort of this combination of literature and anthropology

But, you know, that doesn't sound like, you know, the way you really bring Zeus back, you know, into the way it would have been understood by, you know, the average person in ancient Greece or something like that. But, yeah, I think... You know, one of the other dimensions that, I mean, it was sort of this combination of literature and anthropology

But also, there was always a psychological dimension to Girard. And the psychological intuition in Girard is that there's something about human beings being imitative that's very deep, very important, very underexplored. And it is... It is that you have something like, I believe it's in Aristotle, man differs from the other animals in his greater aptitude for imitation.

But also, there was always a psychological dimension to Girard. And the psychological intuition in Girard is that there's something about human beings being imitative that's very deep, very important, very underexplored. And it is... It is that you have something like, I believe it's in Aristotle, man differs from the other animals in his greater aptitude for imitation.

But also, there was always a psychological dimension to Girard. And the psychological intuition in Girard is that there's something about human beings being imitative that's very deep, very important, very underexplored. And it is... It is that you have something like, I believe it's in Aristotle, man differs from the other animals in his greater aptitude for imitation.

And then you could say this is like, you know, and of course Darwinism says our closest relatives are the apes. And the apes, they ape, they imitate. And so we differ from the apes in being more ape-like than the apes. If you sort of combine the Aristotelian and the Darwinian one, that's kind of a very, very strange thing in a way. And then the problem...

And then you could say this is like, you know, and of course Darwinism says our closest relatives are the apes. And the apes, they ape, they imitate. And so we differ from the apes in being more ape-like than the apes. If you sort of combine the Aristotelian and the Darwinian one, that's kind of a very, very strange thing in a way. And then the problem...

And then you could say this is like, you know, and of course Darwinism says our closest relatives are the apes. And the apes, they ape, they imitate. And so we differ from the apes in being more ape-like than the apes. If you sort of combine the Aristotelian and the Darwinian one, that's kind of a very, very strange thing in a way. And then the problem...

The good thing about imitation is this is how culture gets transmitted. This is how you learn language. Without imitation, nothing like the sort of cultural edifice that we have would work. And then the thing that's dangerous is it's not just on a representational level. It's not just on the level of ideas that people imitate. It's also on the level of desires, of things they want.

The good thing about imitation is this is how culture gets transmitted. This is how you learn language. Without imitation, nothing like the sort of cultural edifice that we have would work. And then the thing that's dangerous is it's not just on a representational level. It's not just on the level of ideas that people imitate. It's also on the level of desires, of things they want.

The good thing about imitation is this is how culture gets transmitted. This is how you learn language. Without imitation, nothing like the sort of cultural edifice that we have would work. And then the thing that's dangerous is it's not just on a representational level. It's not just on the level of ideas that people imitate. It's also on the level of desires, of things they want.

And when everybody wants the same thing, this becomes this incredibly, incredibly violent thing. And then, in Gibrard's understanding, the point of, you know, a major point of a lot of the laws, divine laws in these archaic societies was to, in some sense, stop imitation, to prevent imitation, to, you know, the job you do will be the same job that your father did.

And when everybody wants the same thing, this becomes this incredibly, incredibly violent thing. And then, in Gibrard's understanding, the point of, you know, a major point of a lot of the laws, divine laws in these archaic societies was to, in some sense, stop imitation, to prevent imitation, to, you know, the job you do will be the same job that your father did.