Luke Burgis — What Drives Human Desire? (EP.50)

Infinite Loops

Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 50

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Episode description

In this episode of Infinite Loops we spoke with Luke Burgis, author of the book 'Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life'. We talk about:

Needs vs. Desire
The current state of social media
'Celebristan' and 'Freshmanistan'
How to identify fake "experts"
Scapegoating and Mimetic Violence
And a LOT more!

Follow Luke on Twitter at https://twitter.com/lukeburgis and get his newly-released book 'Wanting' from: https://lukeburgis.com/wanting/

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