
Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Johnathan Bi
Christianity Provides the Cultural Firmware for Innovation
Christianity is responsible for our innovative capacities because it provides the cultural firmware, if you will. The word innovation had very negative connotations in the West up until about the 18th century. In Silicon Valley people are so oriented towards the future that they have this hubris sometimes that the past doesn't matter. It's really interesting how the most innovative place in the world has the least respect for its own industry.
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