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Mimetic Desire 101

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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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Mimetic Desire 101

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What is Mimetic Desire?

Nearly everyone (unconsciously) assumes there’s a straight line between them and the things they want.

> > I wake up one day and “suddenly” decide that I want to run a marathon—amazingly, all of my friends had a similar realization when they hit their mid-thirties, too. 

> > I get the brilliant idea that Substack is objectively the …

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