your writing is next level. I appreciate your intellectual rigor and authenticity. Big fan of your book too ๐
Quandary! What is at the root of my desire to tweet about @lukeburgis's excellent new book about Renรฉ Girard's theory of mimetic desire, *Wanting*???lukeburgis.com/wanting/
Every company is a meme, which means founders must be meme and mimetic desire generators
More on Rene Girard's theory of mimesis with @lukeburgis, author of Wanting which is out now โ youtu.be/yUgUs-MOxE0
Rene Girard (famous for Mimetic Desires) has a great take on how there is little distinction between innovation and imitation.
This one by @lukeburgis is bomb!
read.lukeburgis.com/p/imitation-inโฆ
Relevant book by @lukeburgis
amazon.com/Wanting-Power-โฆ
Some book inform, others entertain. A few books change the way you see yourself.
Read "WANTING" by @lukeburgis - It changes the way you see yourself and the world.
amzn.to/3p4uB0C
you need to read the new book "Wanting" by @lukeburgis (released yesterday).
It offers powerful insights that I will apply to all cold outreach and future marketing.
Layer and layer of rich content. It will blow your mind.
Here is my blurb for Wanting, an important new book by @lukeburgis:
amazon.com/dp/1250262488
โItโs hard to be a contrarian. Itโs even harder to take contrarian action: to question the dominant narrative, to be honest with yourself, to tell the truth even when the immediate outcome is pain.โ @lukeburgis coming soon to the @TheInnoShow #wanting #innovation #courage
In his fascinating new book ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, @lukeburgis describes why Peter Thiel didn't discuss Girard's mimetic theory in ๐ก๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ: The idea is too dangerous amzn.to/2SJ6F6M
Had the pleasure of talking to @lukeburgis about his new book "WANTING: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life." It's a fascinating read, bringing together history, psychology, culture, and economics, thanks to the fascinating mind of Rene Girard. ethicalsystems.org/the-entrepreneโฆ
Need some new nonfiction for your summer TBR? @NextBigIdeaClub recommends WANTING by @LukeBurgis and DIGITAL BODY LANGUAGE by @ericadhawan! nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/50-amโฆ
In the mail: "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life," the new book by @lukeburgisโa dive into how Renรฉ Girard's thought plays out in ordinary social and economic interactions.
amazon.com/Wanting-Power-โฆ
If youโre not already following @lukeburgis, you might want to fix that.
He possesses extreme clarity on the developing situation.
โItโs not irrational. Itโs mimetic.โ โ @lukeburgis
"One stellar literary agent was a game-changer for me as a writer, and led me to believe that every creatorโwhether you are writing, illustrating, making NFTs, speaking, or exercising any other creative talentโshould have one too." โ@lukeburgis
read.medium.com/Pvlafj9
โSometimes the more we try to reject others and be unique or individualistic the less we realize that weโre just falling into other forms of mimesis.โ - @lukeburgis
teamhuman.fm/episodes/luke-โฆ
We are thrilled to be publishing #Wanting by @lukeburgis. This groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want publishes in the UK in July. Read to free yourself from chasing unfulfilling desires.
Pre-order your copy: buff.ly/3uR8sow and #desiredifferently.
โWhen sustainability is desirable, we win.โ - @lukeburgis, author of the forthcoming "Wanting, The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life,"
in our @_houseofbb #LivingRoomSession just now
Day 34: @lukeburgis
"It feels good to declutter our houses. Itโs essential to declutter our desires."
โ Luke Burgis
I've previously said that social media platforms are engines of conformity. They are also engines of desire as this great piece by @lukeburgis explains in an eloquent fashion:
read.lukeburgis.com/p/the-desire-cโฆ
What is mimetic desire? If more people understood it, perhaps it would exert less influence in our lives. @lukeburgis
youtube.com/watch?v=rr6isiโฆ
Recorded a fascinating Infinite Loops with @lukeburgis about his forthcoming book "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life."
Luke excels at explaining Renรฉ Girard's sometimes complicated ideas of what actually drives human desire into an understandable framework.
An excellent book comes out today: Wanting, by @lukeburgis. I didn't understand Renee Girard until reading it, and now I see that Girard and Burgis can explain how social media changed everything, esp. what we want:
lukeburgis.com/wanting/
Excellent primer on mimetic desire - if you understand this, you understand human nature. @lukeburgis read.lukeburgis.com/p/mimetic-desiโฆ
NEW PODCAST: WANTING / featuring @lukeburgis / โThe thing you want is never the thing you want.โ
We want what other people want, but the only way to transcend it is awareness.
I sat down with @lukeburgis to discuss his new book Wanting, launched today! Learn about Renรฉ Girardโs theory of mimetic desire and how we can use it in our lives as founders.
youtu.be/yUgUs-MOxE0
Newsletters I actually read:
โข Antimimetic @lukeburgis
โข Stratechery @stratechery
โข TheProfile @polina_marinova
โข @robkhenderson 's newsletter
โข @ShaanVP 5 Interesting Tweets
โข Dickie's Digest @dickiebush
We are never an uneffected self. We become ourselves in community.
@lukeburgis - author of WANTING, explains we are social/relational selves.
youtu.be/Rw2oo1Y2xMY
Check out WANTING on Amazon: amzn.to/3p4uB0C
A major part of *making it* as a creator is the luxury of having an agent.
More participants in the creator economy should have the opportunity to have agents, @lukeburgis argues.
read.medium.com/TJvDChh
2 books that I've eagerly been waiting for release arrived today
Can't wait to dive in!
@arvidkahl
@lukeburgis
listening to #wanting by @lukeburgis and reminded of the quote by Kurt Vonnegut: "Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water."
My guest this week is Best-Selling Author of "Wanting," @lukeburgis. Luke and I discuss how mimetic (or imitative) desires shape everything that we do. #NervousHabitsPodcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerโฆ
Releasing on June 3rd: A must listen episode for anyone โwantingโ to get introduced to Mimetic theory - with @lukeburgis
Hereโs a sneak peek ๐๐
Visualizing Mimesis
3 NFTs to celebrate the launch of "Wanting" by @lukeburgis.
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New book by frend @lukeburgis
Powerful mimetic philosophy
Releasing tomorrow
amazon.com/Wanting-Power-โฆ
Congratulations to @lukeburgis on his new book, lukeburgis.com/wanting/. SO excited to read this.
In his newest post @Leadershipfreak says, "Imitation is Not a 4-Letter Word โ Choose your Models Carefully." bit.ly/34Eqgrq
Featuring wisdom from @lukeburgis and his new book, โWanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Lifeโ
#leadership
This terrific new book by @lukeburgis comes out today--highly recommended. I learned a lot from it! lukeburgis.com/wanting/
Truly insightful. I led a retreat discussion w/ @peacewilco a couple of yrs ago on Girardโs work. Now want to do a book group based on @lukeburgisโs Wanting. Whoโs interested?
I buy printed books, sometimes AudioBooks.
If a book is special, I order both so I can listen, read and listen again. It's the best way to absorb & embed the content.
Less than 5% of books qualify.
"Wanting" by @lukeburgis is one of these books. tinyurl.com/yfeee8m6
A Renรฉ Girard revival!
"Burgis unveils the #power of mimetic #desire both in society & in his own entrepreneurial odyssey." @chaven
*Wanting* @LukeBurgis (June 1, 2021).
lukeburgis.com/wanting/
WANTING by @lukeburgis is bursting with fascinating stories that explain the pervasiveness of mimetic desire. This is my favorite.
Empathy Lessons ... from a Hitman, by @ArcDigi arcdigital.media/p/empathy-lessโฆ
Terrific review by @justindeanlee of @lukeburgis new book on Girard's mimetic theory--looking forward to reading the book. books.arcdigital.media/p/protect-me-fโฆ
WANTING, by @lukeburgis, is a lucid exploration of the role imitation plays in the construction of self and society, suffused with the moral urgency of a writer who believes that living โanti-mimeticallyโ can transform the world.
Read my review @ArcDigi:
books.arcdigital.media/p/protect-me-fโฆ
Thank you @lukeburgis
๐ Wanting ~ Tour de force!
Best book on desire I have ever read.
Sustainability depends on desirability is exactly right.
In my mind, that's where the Alchemy of @RorySutherland & #Branding comes into play, and will make curbing the climate crisis sexy๐ญ
โThis is a book about why people want what they want. Why *you* want what you want.โ
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life, by @lukeburgis
Threading all my favorite excerpts below ๐
Olivia Rodrigo said it best in 'jealousy, jealousy:' "I see everyone gettin' all the things I want / I'm happy for them, but then again, I'm not."
The concept of mimetic desire helps explain why we want what other people have. (via @lukeburgis)
read.medium.com/IUmwpdU
Life is good. Sitting on the stoop with @lukeburgis new book and a frosty copper mug of pilzner under the June evening setting sun.
NEW PRIVATE PODCAST: THE JOY OF HATE WATCHING / featuring @lukeburgis / โLetting go is not something you doโitโs something you stop doing.โ patreon.com/posts/52048167
New Podcast with @lukeburgis: Why Do We Want What We Want? buff.ly/3ikvcKd
Look what arrived in the mail today! Really looking forward to @lukeburgisโs insights on mimetic desire as he explores and expands upon the work of the brilliant #RenรฉGirard.
(You just know you really *want* to read it too, donโt you? ๐)
More: lukeburgis.com/book/
โFresh perspectives on our #desires, what is really driving them and how we can take more control.โ #Wanting: The Power of #MimeticDesire in Everyday Life by @LukeBurgis is a @FinancialTimes #BusinessBook of the Month for June @StMartinsPress
ft.com/content/46bedfโฆ
How do we come to desire what we desire, and how we can transform our wanting so as to make the world a better place? With @lukeburgis and @rjocean
ow.ly/SHOP50F4Yfv
How To Identify Your True Desires And Stop Imitating Everyone Elseโs via @forbes feat. @lukeburgis forbes.com/sites/kathycapโฆ
Part of our conversation with @lukeburgis:
"One danger I see: companies attempting to socially engineer culture from the top-down, in which CEOโs or leaders try to force their beliefs about everything from politics to social justice on everyone else."
ethicalsystems.org/the-entrepreneโฆ
Iโm reading Wanting by @lukeburgis and itโs electrifying. Been intrigued by Renรฉ Girardโs thought and this is driving it all home for me. Mimetic desire affects us all as we fumble around in the darkness. And this is a book that can help us develop something akin to night vision.
Why are NFTs valuable?
Why do bubbles keep happening?
How come there's so much tribalism?
There's a social force that drives all of these things in crypto...and it's called mimetic desire
Do not miss this podcast w/ @lukeburgis
LISTEN:
shows.banklesshq.com/p/-72-the-poweโฆ
This was a brilliant interview about "meme" and mimetic culture. Understanding the influencing forces of modern life is unlocked in this podcast. Nice work @TrustlessState @RyanSAdams @lukeburgis
t.ly/2cxl
Humans are envious. We buy things we donโt need with money we donโt have to impress people we donโt like @lukeburgis author of โWantingโ explains. Find out how to obtain more meaning in life instead of focusing on material things #Wednesdaythought [WATCH] youtu.be/mp_EYXtcXrY?t=โฆ
This week on @BanklessHQ!
72 - The Power of Mimetic Desire | @lukeburgis
Mimetic Desire is the idea that we look to others, in formulating what we desire.
It underlies *all* of our desires, and is critical for understanding this industry!
Listen!
shows.banklesshq.com/p/-72-the-poweโฆ
On todayโs episode of the podcast Ryan talks to @lukeburgis about his new book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life, the philosophy of French polymath Renรฉ Girard, the truth of what you should want in life, and more.
full episode: dailystoic.com/luke-burgis/
In this episode, @kofinas speaks with @lukeburgis about how we come to want the things that we desire, from 'hot' stocks, to consumer items, to political ideologies, and how to extract ourselves from the systems of wanting that leave us exhausted.
bit.ly/HF_194
This was a fantastic episode @BanklessHQ and @lukeburgis.
โWeโre no longer struggling with scarcity, weโre having to cope with abundance.โ
- Luke Burgis
Bombs of knowledge and philosophy being dropped daily into your brain. Are you subscribed yet?
Courtesy: @BanklessHQ @lukeburgis @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState
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To sum up: blockchain is a tool to enforce subjective scarcity ๐
Btw thx @BanklessHQ and @lukeburgis Iโm seeing mimetic desires everywhere now ๐ฑ
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/banโฆ
๐NEW PODCAST EPISODE ๐
#72: The Power of Mimetic Desire
Do you know what drives all of our desires and behaviors? You will after this conversation with @lukeburgis.
LIVE NOW for Bankless Nation Premium Subscribers ๐
Dive in:
shows.banklesshq.com/p/-early-accesโฆ
Excited to get my copy of @lukeburgis new book and dive in.
amzn.to/34Lh0SE
Luke masterfully breaks down the Dynamics of Accent Modification. He's one of today's most important thinkers. Buy his book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life amazon.com/dp/1250262488/โฆ
The Power of Mimetic Desire. One of my favourite episode from @BanklessHQ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState @lukeburgis
youtu.be/5cln_TL-bGI
Just finished this wonderful book on human desire by @lukeburgis and can only say that you definitely want to read it too. Books this useful, intense and deep are rarely so much fun to read. Recommended!
"I don't think it's possible to transcend mimetic desire or get rid of it completely. We'll be rid of it when we're dead. But it can spur us on to achieve great things if used right."
Brand new podcast live with @lukeburgis ๐
๐ youtu.be/72svGiOaKMk
Great episode @lukeburgis and I look forward to the book. Understanding the mechanism for 'wanting' is critical if we want to detach ourselves from mindless consumerism. A question: are there societies today that have less memetic dependence, aside from say, monks?