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A few months back I was redirected to "Secrets about People: A Short and Dangerous Introduction to René Girard" by Alex Danco by a tweet from Naval.

That was truly my introduction to Girard and his Mimetic theory. Took me full 10 days to go through the article and a lot of the things were way above my head. But I did understand the basic proposal of mimesis.

Since then, I have been consciously aware of mimetic theory, in practice, by me or around me.

And your article is in fact even more digestible, making it easier to comprehend and reflect on the examples as well. The examples are just on point. Right from Bond to Kunal Shah, this article was a bliss.

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