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#153 Beyond Mimetic Desires - Luke Burgis on the temptations of conformity, contemplating life in Starbucks, thick desires and thin desires, letting go of control, the importance of play, learning from different work cultures, his stay in Rome and becoming a father

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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The Prestige Bug and the Money Bug

"I didn't have the prestige bug in high school really I had the cool I didn't need that New York was cool yeah it's funny how that happens you know like I wish I could pinpoint a moment," he says. "It turned out that if I turned it on if I when I actually cared and I was motivated and I flipped a switch turns out I can do really good in school which probably caused me problems"

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