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Wanting
Last discussed Aug 20, 2026
A book by Luke Burgess exploring mimetic desire — how humans are driven more by wanting what others want than by their own authentic desires.
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"Rene Girard's work around the mimetic desire, Luke Burgis's book Wanting — all of this is pointing to the same idea. We don't know what we want."
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"I think Luke Burgess in his book Wanting — we had him on as a guest at the Society of Advice talking about that book. And I think that's where I fi..."
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