#344 - Luke Burgis - Mimetic Desire: Why Do We Want?

<p>Luke Burgis is an entrepreneur and author.</p> <p>We feel like we are in charge of our wants. Like we're the creator of our desires. But Rene Girard's theory of Mimetic Desire suggests an alternative - all we are doing is copying and modelling other people's wants, and then spitting them back out as our own.</p> <p>Expect to learn why you're going to die of a Brazilian butt lift, why mimesis is a kind of alchemy, how mimetic desires cause people to become scapegoats, why Lamborghini's creation story is explained by Rene Girard and much more...</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at <a href="https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at <a href= "https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM"><span class= "s1">https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM</span></a> (use code MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Buy Wanting - <a href= "https://amzn.to/3hpLFe9">https://amzn.to/3hpLFe9</a></p> <p class="p1">Check out Luke's website - <a href= "https://lukeburgis.com/">https://lukeburgis.com/</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity →</a> <a href= "https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/</a></p> <p>To support me on Patreon (thank you): <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom</span></a></p> <p class="p1">-</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Get in touch. </strong>Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast">MW YouTube Channel</a> or message me...</p> <p class=