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congenial information bubble,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Every bubble begins with something real, which inspires entirely too much fakery
Byrne Hobart • Manias and Mimesis: Applying René Girard’s Mimetic Theory to Financial Bubbles
As the bubble grows in scope, the contradiction becomes more visible, leading to a third common characteristic of bubbles: the bifurcation of viewpoints into totally-
positive or totally-negative
Byrne Hobart • Manias and Mimesis: Applying René Girard’s Mimetic Theory to Financial Bubbles
as the bubble grows, it becomes an increasingly pure bet on a revolution
Byrne Hobart • Manias and Mimesis: Applying René Girard’s Mimetic Theory to Financial Bubbles
An alternative approach is to get involved when a bubble seems to be taking off. Here, it’s worth noting that a bubble can continue to grow long after the first point at which people deem it a bubble.
Byrne Hobart • Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
bubble can be a collective delusion, but it can also be an expression of collective vision. That vision becomes a site of coordination for people and capital and for the parallelization of innovation.
