Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-07-08
Books mentioned on Mimetic Desire: Why Do We Want? - Luke Burgis - #344
Luke Burgis is an entrepreneur and author. We feel like we are in charge of our wants.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Inferno
Inferno by Dante Alighieri is an epic classic poem depicting a harrowing journey through the terrifying geography of the underworld and the Christian vision of hell.
Discussed“there is uh there is some ultimate desire you know dante talks about that at the end of the inferno”
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The Iliad
The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that chronicles the dramatic events of the Trojan War and the wrath of Achilles.
Discussed“so the analogy here would be to uh heinrich schleioman who was a gentleman in 1871 who set out to find the lost city of troy with a shovel under his arm and a copy of the iliad under the other arm”
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Alchemy
Alchemy by Rory Sutherland is a fascinating exploration of behavioral economics, irrational human behavior, and how psychological tricks can create massive value from very little expenditure.
Recommended“you know rory sutherland who i've spoken to wrote a great book uh certainly say that it's it's alchemy”
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Wanting
Wanting by Luke Burgis is a book that examines memetic desire and how people unconsciously copy the desires of those around them.
Discussed“he goes i have no shame he goes i learned from the best”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Wanting
“there's been many studies that i reference in the book”
Own book Wanting
“and part of why i wrote this book is just to let people say here's here's part of the programming”
Own book Wanting
“um you know i recommend in the book the importance of uh of of a retreat every year”