Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire, and How to Want What You Need By Luke Burgis

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire, and How to Want What You Need By Luke BurgisA groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires. Humans don't desire anything independently. Human desire is mimetic we imitate what other people want. This affects the way we choose partners, friends, careers, clothes and travel destinations. Mimetic desire is responsible for the formation of our very identities. It explains the enduring relevancy of Shakespeare's plays,

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