Kelsi and Celeste discuss mimetic theory and competition. The duo explores how as humans, we often desire what people around us have simply because they have them; and that we compete for the same things even if we don't truly want them deep down because sometimes herd mentality validates our existence.

Notes and references from the episode:

• Mimetic theory is a concept developed and advocated for by René Girard; the key insight is that human desire is not an autonomous process, but a collective one.

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