Johnathan Bi joins me for a conversation about the great books of the West, how literature shapes our moral and legal systems, mimetic desire and the physics of human nature, what Nietzsche would think about today’s victimhood culture, and how monogamy satisfies our innate competitive drive. Johnathan Bi is the co-founder of Opto Investments and a philosopher focusing on the great books of the West, human nature, and Rene Girard’s mimetic theory.