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What People Are Really Doing When They Play Hard to Get
- Because desire is mimetic, people are naturally drawn to want what others want. ‘Two desires converging on the same object are bound to clash,’ writes Girard. This means that mimetic desire often leads people into unnecessary competition and rivalry with one another in an infernal game of status anxiety.
from How to Know What You Really Want | Psyche Guides by Aeon
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Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire [The Knowledge Project Ep. #138]
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