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ML179: Luke Burgis on The Power of Mimetic Desire, Choosing the Right Role Models and How To Want What You Need

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Are You a Celebristan or a Fresh Manestan?

Celebrityristan is basically this external models of desire, where we are a taking models of people who are far away from us. Fresh manestan is basicl the people around us - there's more friction to that imitation, because it can be directly observed. I think you can fully inoculate yourself to memetic desire, but i think it's possible to become more ware and less crypto. You know what i want? To go back to the romantic idea that there's a direct line between me and things that have happened over the last couple of years. This is what gerard calls the gerard lie: 'I've gotten into something very strongly associated with money' And

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