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106: Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Thick vs. Thin Desires & Power of Memes

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Luke Burgis joins the NIA boys to discuss Mimetic Desire, Thick vs. Thin Desires & Power of Memes.


Timestamps:

  • (00:00:00) - Intro 
  • (00:02:33) - Meme of the Week
  • (00:04:18) - Jack & Luke’s Collab
  • (00:06:07) - Visualizing Mimesis
  • (00:08:48) - Wanting’s Backstory
  • (00:10:33) - Meme Culture is Everywhere
  • (00:12:26) - TLDR of Mimetic Desire
  • (00:14:42) - Examples of Mimetic Desire
  • (00:18:46) - Mount Rushmore of Meme Masters
  • (00:22:39) - Role Models vs Models of Desire
  • (00:25:52) - The Power of Mimetics
  • (00:27:38) - Thick vs Thin Desires
  • (00:35:57) - Mimetic Rivalry Explained
  • (00:37:32) - Mimetic Desire is Natural
  • (00:40:45) - Optimize for Yourself
  • (00:48:26) - A.I. and Mimetic Desire
  • (00:52:51) - Chat GPT vs Bard
  • (00:53:46) - Generative Art and Society
  • (00:58:20) - The Stendhal Effect
  • (01:02:07) - Reacting to Twitter’s “For You” Algorithm
  • (01:05:17) - How Twitter’s Algorithm Works
  • (01:13:30) - Reacting to Twitter’s Verification Reception
  • (01:23:50) - Peter Theil and Mimetic Desire


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