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25 Anti-Mimetic Ideas - Luke Burgis Newsletter

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Sometimes going with the flow is nice. Nobody wants to be the disagreeable anti-mimetic guy in a group that makes it impossible to gain consensus among a group of friends about where to grab a beer or a bite to eat. And I consider it a positive thing to be infected by the calm, even lazy, disposition of a non-workaholic friend if that helps you chill on Sunday and make good on the day of rest. (If my wife Claire were not infinitely better than me about blocking off evenings and weekends for recreation and relaxation, I’d burn right through my weekends like the cigarette that Ferruccio Lamborghini used to set on the engine of one of his Miuras in his famous “Cigarette Tests”—he used this trick to show how powerful and perfectly balanced his engines were to visitors at his farm.) But there are other times when it’s necessary to exercise self-possession, freedom, and intentionality to choose a course of action that isn’t quite so mimetic—that is not primarily the product of social imitati

Anti-Mimetic 25 Anti-Mimetic Ideas A guide for navigating the world of mimetic desire in a more intentional way Luke Burgis Dec 11, 2021 137 1 20 Share Sometimes going with the flow is nice. Nobody wants to be the disagreeable anti-mimetic guy in a group that makes it impossible to gain consensus among a group of friends about where to grab a beer or a bite to eat. And I consider it a positive thing to be infected by the calm, even lazy, disposition of a non-workaholic friend if that helps you chill on Sunday and make good on the day of rest. (If my wife Claire were not infinitely better than

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