"i think envy's like a sign post i something going on. And i would say that it's mometic desire and mometic rivalry," he says. "Social media has actually made us all a little bit more like freshmen in a sense, right? It's kind of like, kind of shrunk the world and a social level at's put us all very close together."
In this episode of Infinite Loops we spoke with Luke Burgis, author of the book 'Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life'. We talk about:
- Needs vs. Desire
- The current state of social media
- 'Celebristan' and 'Freshmanistan'
- How to identify fake "experts"
- Scapegoating and Mimetic Violence
- And a LOT more!
Follow Luke on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/lukeburgis and get his newly-released book 'Wanting' from:
https://lukeburgis.com/wanting/