Mimetic Desire Shatters the Myth of Why You Want – Luke Burgis with Dave Asprey : 865

<p><strong>WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!</strong></p><p><strong>Find Out Your Biological Age:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://glycanage.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://glycanage.com</a>, use code&nbsp;<strong>DAVE</strong>&nbsp;to get 20% off testing packages&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Get Salty AF:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://drinklmnt.com/dave" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://drinklmnt.com/dave</a>, from unflavored to classy combos like mango chili to the new watermelon</p><p><strong>Control Blood Glucose:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://pendulumlife.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pendulumlife.com</a>, sign up for membership to get monthly supply delivery, use code&nbsp;<strong>DAVE20</strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;save $20&nbsp;on your first shipment</p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE OF BULLETPROOF RADIO...</strong></p><p>Do you know why you make choices that are bad for you? Or why you end up with burnout, bad diets and other things that cause you harm, when you know you’d be better off choosing something else?&nbsp;</p><p>This episode cuts through the noise, everything you’re sold and told to want, and helps you answer those very questions.</p><p><a href="https://lukeburgis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luke Burgis</a>&nbsp;researched and studied the theory that underlies your tendency to follow&nbsp;<em>other</em>&nbsp;peoples’ wants, called mimetic desire. Explored by prominent French thinker René Girard, mimetic theory of desire says humans don’t want anything autonomously and independently.&nbsp;</p><p>“Girard discovered that we come to desire certain things not through biological drives or pure reason, nor as the longing of our deepest, most authentic selves, but through&nbsp;imitation,” Luke says in his book,&nbsp;“<a href="https://lukeburgis.com/book/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life</a>.”&nbsp;Desire, as Girard used the word, does not mean the drive