#039 - Rational Musings: Principles for Anti-Mimesis and Living a Counter-Cultural Life

<p class="p1">On this Rational Musings, Iman and Cyrus discuss René Girard's mimetic theory and real life anti-mimetic principles. The guys dissect Luke Burgis' article on living a counter cultural life and why being anti-mimetic is important for becoming antifragile.</p> <p class="p1">Submit questions for us to cover in podcast episodes: https://www.rationalvc.com/questions<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1"><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Materials referenced</strong></span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">Luke article: <a href= "https://www.epsilontheory.com/25-anti-mimetic-tactics-for-living-a-counter-cultural-life/"> https://www.epsilontheory.com/25-anti-mimetic-tactics-for-living-a-counter-cultural-life/#</a></span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">Luke book "Wanting": <a href= "https://lukeburgis.com/wanting/">https://lukeburgis.com/wanting/</a></span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">Epsilon Theory: <a href= "https://www.epsilontheory.com/">https://www.epsilontheory.com/</a></span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">Taleb on religion: <a href= "https://econjwatch.org/articles/religion-heuristics-and-intergenerational-risk-management"> https://econjwatch.org/articles/religion-heuristics-and-intergenerational-risk-management</a></span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">Simon Sarris: <a href= "https://simonsarris.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-gods?s=r">https://simonsarris.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-gods?s=r</a></span></p> <p>--</p> <p>Rational VC provides regular content on technology investing and technology building. We also write long-form memos on all things tech investing and building. You can sign up for these monthly memo newsletters on the website: <a href= "https://www.rationalvc.com/">https://www.rationalvc.com/</a><br /> <br /> We break everything down to first principles, to simplify the complex technology world. We aim to bring you content that is insightful, logical, and rational.<br /> <br /> We cover tech products and tech companie