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An Everyday Mercy
The significance of a single loving act
Luke Burgis
Mar 4
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Your Personal Occam's Razor
Rescued from the confusion and indistinction of faceless crowds.
Luke Burgis
Oct 7, 2022
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What People Are Really Doing When They Play Hard to Get
A Lesson in Mimetic Relationship Dynamics
Luke Burgis
Feb 7, 2021
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Mimetic Desire 101
A short introduction to why we want the things we want.
Luke Burgis
Jan 17, 2021
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The Case for Silence
An Anti-Mimetic way to approach to the Content Craze: What if more people tried being quiet, even if just for a day?
Luke Burgis
Oct 18, 2022
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FTX, Hijacked Attention, and Re-Adjusting Our Focus
“Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer."
Luke Burgis
Nov 28, 2022
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The Scandal of Financial Nihilism
The Wheels Keep on Turning—and the anti-mimetic breaks are breaking.
Luke Burgis
Jan 14
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The Orthodoxy of Heterodoxy
René Girard, mimesis, and the clustering of ideas.
Luke Burgis
Jul 16, 2022
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10 Anti-Mimetic Ideas for 2023
Travel, Cooking, Reading, Podcast-Listening, and more—A Christmas Special
Luke Burgis
Dec 8, 2022
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Do You Know Your Motivational Pattern?
Narrative Psychology, Storytelling, and 27 Themes of Core Motivational Drive
Luke Burgis
Jan 29
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The Noonday Demon—Our Metaphysical Laziness
The Chernobyl Effect, Acedia, and the Mysterious Envy of Birds
Luke Burgis
Apr 27, 2022
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Atomic Habits of Desire
A dialogue of books: James Clear's "Atomic Habits" and "Wanting"
Luke Burgis
Jan 19, 2022
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