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

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Do We Have Any Desires That Aren't Memetic?

There are many human desires that are not memetic, and there are humans who do not have ants./nThere are distinctions to be made between instinctual desires and needs, and human desires that are common to all humans.

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