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The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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The Power of Desire

Luke Burgess's book wanting is about how the people you're attracted to can give you information. The memetic desire doesn't have to be bad there's a dumb down virgin of it where you can just like want the big house because everyone wants the big house but you might be inspired by somebody and you can use them as a model. I was listening to Andrew Huberman on a podcast recently and he said when he was in grad school he made a list of his favorite like scientists that he had read about and he hung it up in his office. He later came to find out this is what what's called introjection introjection didn't make that up no it's a real thing oh

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