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#138 Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Identifying the Thick Desires Is Important, Right?

You can identify your negative models by just things that aren't moving you closer to your goals. In college, i was optimizing solely for financial success. The reasons why i choose the goals that i choose are the very product of a memetic relationship i'm in. It's something that aknto account but it's not the most important thing. And we have to acknowledge that many times, our goals themselves are the product of memetic desires.

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