I think the problem is this period there were in now, i call it the great re shuffle. And we're sort of moving from life in the physical domain, where weave spent all human history, into life in the digital domain,. Where we're brand new, we're infants. But during this time, there'll be a lot of confusion, a lot of fear uncertainty and doubt. The haw marks of a good propagandist is that they so fear uncertainty andoubt. A lot of people collapse their belief systems into conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories fit beautifully mometic theory because they are all predicated on a scingob. It might just not be the one we're used to
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/