#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
The Power of Voices in Nonfiction Books
I read your book I was surprised because many traditionally published books sort of follow a formula and in yours I just found it so densely packed with ideas and also your personal story. It wasn't easy to do that you know I did have to really fight a bit and stand up for myself and put my voice out there. The single biggest influence on the style of the book was to Leb, he wrote this super strange book that had like these like analogies to like Mafiosos and these little stories and interspersed with interesting facts and graphs. He clearly just put that together and had an editor that wasn't gonna mess with him too much but if I'm allowed to do that
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