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Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire [The Knowledge Project Ep. #138]
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived
Luke Burgis • Why I Write
As Burke said in describing his early years in Albany, “Murphy delegates to the point of anarchy.”7
William Thorndike • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
Then, as now, I try to hire people who have some progression on their résumé that doesn’t make sense by the conventional logic of the meritocracy. I want to see that they believe in something bigger than the conventional definition of success.
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
Burgis breaks down the theories behind mimetic desire and the teachings of René Girard, why all of our behaviors are imitative, why we desire things we don’t need, and why this all leads to missing out on aspects of life that are far more meaningful and valuable.