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#138 Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Are You Happy With What You Have?

Happiness is sort of like being satisfied with what you have, but often we don't seem satisfied with what we have. And i think part of that is probably relates to this desire that we have for other things and goals that aren't our own. Part of that hierarchy is status symbols, whether it's its sort of mates or goods in terms of shoes or cars. We're constantly juggling the hierarchies that we want to be a part of, the hierarchies by which we measure ourselves. The greatest cause of unhappiness are people that simply do not want to be who they are.

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