Luke Burgis (@lukeburgis), author of Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life joins Erik on this episode to discuss:

- How he’s making the audience for Rene Girard’s work bigger.

- Why innovation became high status while imitation was high status earlier in history.

- What is most often misunderstood about mimetic desire.

- The difference between internal and external mediators.

- What all this has to do with entrepreneurship.

- How leaders can manage mimesis in their company.

- The difference between mimetic and objective value.

- The founder’s mythology and mimetic theory.

- Why Nietzsche was right about resentment.

- Luke’s relationship with Tony Hsieh.

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