Peter Thiel on "Founder as Victim, Founder as God"

Re:Peter Thiel on "Founder as Victim, Founder as God" by gruseom on Thursday June 07, 2012 @01:23AM (#4077728)

The victim/god identity, along with the scapegoat theory of culture described in the lecture, derives from the interesting French thinker (and Stanford prof) René Girard.

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Re:Peter Thiel on "Founder as Victim, Founder as God" by Eliezer on Thursday June 07, 2012 @02:36AM (#4077875)

(Of whom Peter Thiel is a known fan.)

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Re:Peter Thiel on "Founder as Victim, Founder as God" by elderberry on Thursday June 07, 2012 @02:54AM (#4077923)

it actually comes from batman

vengeful, vigilante, uses fear and intimidation, but fights crime and never kills people

paranoid, schizoid, extremely brilliant

orphan billionaire philanthropist

extreme insider+outsider

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Re:Peter Thiel on "Founder as Victim, Founder as God" by jlipps on Thursday June 07, 2012 @11:33AM (#4079473)

I actually think Christopher Nolan or whoever else was involved in writing the recen batman movies are also familiar with Girard:

http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-an...

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