Second, you really cannot avoid it – your desires being influenced by others. The book heavily quotes René Girard and a lot more other works, including actual events that give credence to his findings. So, no, he is not weaving theories from thin air. First, Luke Burgis is basically building on some of René Girard’s work. Luke Burgisĭid you read that quote? Okay. Imitation plays a far more pervasive role in our society than anyone had ever openly acknowledged. And you are also thinking about how you can have more “original” desires and not live a life based on imitation. At this point, you are probably thinking how outrageous it is. So you can imagine how I approached this book – I really paid attention.
It sounds insane right? I mean, for someone like me who ended up in my current career path because I wanted to prove a point, it had me really curious. Imagine being told that your dreams are not “original”, but you are mirroring someone else’s desires. After several google searches, I eventually found the book and I dove right in. I only remembered that the book had something to do with “wanting” and “desires”. I did not remember the name of the author. Fast-forward to a few months later, I couldn’t find the tweet. I thought the book had an audacious premise and I decided that I was going to read it.
My interest had been piqued by the summary of the book in the tweet. Somebody had tweeted about this book last year – I neither saved the tweet nor screenshotted it.
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