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#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

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The Importance of Play

I think a lot of people do end up making money when they channel their curiosity and that I don't know if that was possible as much 30 40 years ago but it's more possible now. There's sort of mispricing the human spirit right it's not risky at all if you have very good understanding that you are going to short circuit everything that makes us human your curiosity, energy for life or sense of aliveness were you pricing that in at that point as well? "We just live in a highly intellectualized environment" he says.

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