Today we're joined by Luke Burgis, author of "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life," to discuss where our desires come from and how we can better shape them. We discuss his article, "The Three City Problem of Modern Life," in which he expands on the idea, "What does Athens (reason) have to do with Jerusalem (faith)?" by adding a third city to the discussion: Silicon Valley (technology) and proposing that this Silicon Valley "city" has changed our relationships with reason and faith. Then, we talk about mimetic desire: what it is, why it's important, and how we can respond to our own desires based on where they come from. We define "disruptive empathy" and "trendy narcissism" and talk about how real love ties into all of this.

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Timecodes:

[01:15] Intro
[03:07] "The Three City Problem of Modern Life"
[18:42] Mimetic desire
[25:27] Does technology lead to mimetic desire?
[29:47] Defining love
[33:04] Disruptive empathy
[39:44] Mimetic future & what we will want tomorrow
[42:13] Advice from "Wanting"
[45:03] Giveaway

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