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🏀 Our Desires are Mimetic! 📚
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🏀 Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life 📚
This reminds us of the book Wanting
Jimmy Carr’s speech and Wanting by Luke Burgis are similar in that they both explore how our desires are shaped by others, not from within.
In Wanting, Burgis unpacks René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire—the idea that we imitate the desires of people we admire, envy, or compete with. We don’t simply want things; we want what others want, often unconsciously. This leads to cycles of rivalry, comparison, and unfulfillment.
Jimmy Carr expresses the same concept in a more concise and humorous way, noting that our wants often aren’t real—they're just reflections of someone else’s.
Both point to this truth:
We think we’re making independent choices, but much of what we pursue—status, success, lifestyle—is borrowed from others. The difference is in delivery: Wanting offers the full framework; Carr delivers the punchline.
In short, Carr gives you the insight. Wanting gives you the playbook.
He who has the smallest ego usually wins
🏀 Must Add Action
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🏀 Why is this so important to us? 🗣️
Former Alabama RB Damien Harris shares his best Nick Saban story
Here is what really matters in life by Scottie Scheffler
"I love being able to play this game for a living. It's one of the greatest joys of my life, but does it fill the deepest wants and desires of my heart? Absolutely not."
All-time five minutes here from Scottie.
Must watch stuff.