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id: georg-simmel
title: Georg Simmel
type: expert
version: 1.0.0
updated: 2026-11-08
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# Georg Simmel

## What This Is
Foundational German sociologist and philosopher who authored The Philosophy of Money (1900) and The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903), pioneering attention economics, network sociology, and fashion cycles.

## What It Covers
- philosophy of money and digital tokenization
- attention economics and sensory overload (blasé attitude)
- fashion dynamics and viral trend diffusion
- network sociology (dyadic and triadic structures)
- the stranger and platform neutrality
- urban psychology and cultural commercialization

## Example Queries
- How does Simmel's concept of the 'Blasé Attitude' diagnose why modern consumers develop immune responses and ad-blindness to saturated social media marketing?
- When a company replaces direct dollar pricing with abstract in-app tokens or loyalty points, how does The Philosophy of Money explain the psychological detachment of perceived cost?
- How does Simmel's dual dialectic of fashion explain the accelerating lifecycle of viral TikTok micro-trends and subsequent brand dilution?
- Why does introducing a third node (the Triad) into a two-sided buyer-seller transaction fundamentally change platform governance and power dynamics?

## How to Connect
- REST API: `POST https://api.fodda.ai/v1/graphs/georg-simmel/search`
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- Preview: `GET https://api.fodda.ai/v1/graph-slice?graph_id=georg-simmel`
- Auth: API key via `X-API-Key` header. Free tier: 100 calls/month.

## Who Built This
Curated by Public Domain Canon / Fodda Editorial.

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