The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life with Luke Burgis
b'Luke Burgis (@lukeburgis), author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- How he\\u2019s making the audience for Rene Girard\\u2019s work bigger.
- Why innovation became high status while imitation was high status earlier in history.
- What is most often misunderstood about mimetic desire.
- The difference between internal and external mediators.
- What all this has to do with entrepreneurship.
- How leaders can manage mimesis in their company.
- The difference between mimetic and objective value.
- The founder\\u2019s mythology and mimetic theory.
- Why Nietzsche was right about resentment.
- Luke\\u2019s relationship with Tony Hsieh.
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