Modern Wisdom

#344 - Luke Burgis - Mimetic Desire: Why Do We Want?

Jul 8, 2021

01:00:39

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Memetic Crisis - What's the Release Valve?

03:59

Is There a Hierarchy of Needs in the Universe of Desire?

02:37

Are There Humans Out There Who Don't Have Ants?

02:03

Introduction

4min

The Nature of Desire Is Memetic Desire

3min

Are There Humans Out There Who Don't Have Ants?

2min

Is There a Hierarchy of Needs in the Universe of Desire?

3min

Memesis Is to Psychology What Gravity Is to Physics?

3min

The Power of Attraction in Children

3min

Breaking the Fourth Wall

2min

The Alchemy of Desire

3min

The Relationship Between Mematic Desire and Signalling

3min

10.

Memetic Desire and Conflict

3min

11.

Imitating on Social Media

3min

12.

What's the Difference Between Am and Steve Jobs?

4min

13.

Memetic Crisis - What's the Release Valve?

4min

14.

The Scapegoat Mechanism Creates Group Cohesion

2min

15.

The Story of a Ferrari and Lambergini

4min

16.

The End of the Lambergini Story

2min

17.

Step Into Your Own Programming

2min

18.

Identify Your Models, Positive and Negative

2min

19.

The Importance of a Retreat Every Year

2min

20.

The System of Desire

2min

21.

Is There an Inversion of a Model That You're Using?

4min

Luke Burgis is an entrepreneur and author.

We feel like we are in charge of our wants. Like we're the creator of our desires. But Rene Girard's theory of Mimetic Desire suggests an alternative - all we are doing is copying and modelling other people's wants, and then spitting them back out as our own.

Expect to learn why you're going to die of a Brazilian butt lift, why mimesis is a kind of alchemy, how mimetic desires cause people to become scapegoats, why Lamborghini's creation story is explained by Rene Girard and much more...

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