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Johnathan Bi: René Girard & Mimetic Desire

"World of DaaS"

CHAPTER

The Relationship of Man to Object

The relationship between man to object really is a relationship of man to man. When I desire this beautiful woman who just got a new suitor, it really is about my competition with that suitor. And the same thing with maybe closing a big round, getting a really high sky high valuation in your startup,. That what you're really after isn't the valuation. The valuation says about you relative vis-a-vis the social world.

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