In some of these great books, like in dostoyevsky and tolstoy, there's a character who becomes envious through the character development. And i think that can happen to any of us if we're not careful. But i do think that yn gerard himself said that envy is the form that memetic desire takes most often in to day's world.
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/