
Luke Burgis — What Drives Human Desire? (EP.50)
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Memetic Desire Is the Cost of Human Freedom
memetic theory is a sweeping account of human evolution and culture. It all starts with this concept of mometic desire. We establish these desires that we have by modelling ourselves on other people. Memetic desire, in a sense, is actually what's allowed us to become human. But if we're not careful, it can take its places that we don't want to go.
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