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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 Memories in Human Life

I think we're losing our memories I think technology has a lot to do with that so like remembering those times in our life. For me it would have been my guidance counselor it'd be the piece that I felt when my managing director told me I'd never work on Wall Street and then there's also these kind of concrete things around all of us could be your children are kind of calling at us and offer clues as to where we can find the thick desires. Some of these are just part of what it means to be human right? We all have this deep desire to give of ourselvesright to pour out sometimes we need some of that yeah.

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