Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis

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Intro to WANTING

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A little bit about Luke Burgis

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Basics of mimetic desire and its discoverer Rene Girard

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Peter Thiel and mimesis

18:36

Synopsis

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SUPER IMPORTANT: the scapegoat mechanism

29:33

Summary Part 2

36:41

Desire and the Devil

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Pitfalls of goal setting

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The Romantic Liar

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Girard vs Marx

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The need for hierarchical structures

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Alexej's models

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Anna's models (or lack thereof)

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Mimetic desire vs mimetic rivalry?

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Favourite quotes from WANTING

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"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member"

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Holacracy

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Wisdom and Madness of Crowds

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The Nazis and the Jews

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Reverse Scapegoat Mechanism

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We don't want to get back to the Scapegoat Mechanism

1:54:17

How to be Anti-Mimetic

1:58:55

Filter Bubbles

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TRUTH

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Lean Startup methodology

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"Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want"

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Anna at the restaurant and Alexej's food rant

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Fascinating theories by Girard

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Omega Wolf Story

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Other interesting stuff derived from Mimetic Theory

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Jesus Christ

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Cool principle from the Talmud

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Evolutionary Reason for Mimesis

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Our fulfillment stories

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Is it RAD or is it WHACK???