![]() ![]() It’s difficult to figure out why you bought certain things. Your personal style, the way you speak, the look and feel of your home - all have models. Models - not our “objective” analysis or central nervous system - shape our desires. Models are people or things that show us what is worth wanting. Our profound openness to other people’s interior lives lets us imitate desire.Īfter a person has fulfilled their basic needs, they enter a universe of desires that does not have a stable hierarchy.Ībraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is too neat. ![]() We desire many things not through biological drives or pure reason, but through imitation. Not spontaneously, not out of an inner chamber of authentic desire, not randomly. We want things through the imitation of someone else: a secret model. Many relatable examples, though not a clear takeaway. We all imitate, but are rarely aware of it. Pop explanation of René Girard’s anthropology of mimetic theory. ![]() Go to the Amazon page for details and reviews. Wanting - by Luke Burgis | Derek Sivers Derek Sivers Wanting - by Luke Burgis ![]()
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