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106: Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Thick vs. Thin Desires & Power of Memes

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The Greatest Trick You Ever Pulled on Me

I was really good friends with my cousin when I was kid and we this happened with baseball cards. He would basically like Nemetically hack me to make me want baseball cards and increase their value. If you turn ten toddlers loose in a room that has ten equally cool toys There's one for each of them there. They're not just gonna each choose a toy They're gonna converge on one or two of them. And the craziest thing is that they reinforce each other's desire for the same toy. It literally reinforces it so my I'm an only child So I'll never forget the greatest trick you ever pulled on me.

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