"I'm so fascinated with the AI stuff. I think we're in a really cool time right now," he says. "We often think we want something, but it's not what we want. It's what someone else wants for us." We have to understand that tug of the ad agencies have on us and be clear that our desires are our desires,. That's not something that has been fed to us. The problem with getting what you want is we try to hold on to that thing.
The Minimalists talk about messy living, desirelessness, and attachments at their final Sunday Symposium. Listen to the Maximal edition of episode 387 on The Minimalists Private Podcast.
Discussed in this episode:
Introduction (00:11)
What are the different kinds of desires? (23:23)
How do consumption and creativity differ? (24:18)
Why are we so confused regarding what we actually want? (27:30)
How does social media incentivize discontent? (38:41)
What are the differences between stated preference and revealed preference? (46:27)
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