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267 - Luke Burgis - Revenge of the Scapegoat

The Symbolic World

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Transcendental Transcendence in Sports

Gerard: We have a love hate relationship with models that leads to rivalry, ultimately misery. He says we try to find transcendence in all kinds of strange ways through shape shifting and transforming our identity. "You sort of like forget what it is that you're doing," he says. 'That's usually why people don't stay on top for very long'

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