290 | Wanting
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Joshua and Ryan talk about our want for things, why we want what we want, and how we can free ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires with author and professor Luke Burgis, and they answer the following questions:
What is mimetic desire? (00:00)
Does it help to identify the origins of our desires? (05:05)
Should we strive to be immune from desires? (06:54)
What is negative imitation? (08:22)
How do we find fulfilling desires? (08:48)
Can a relentless desire to be debt-free actually cause adverse unintended consequences? (12:39)
What are “borrowed desires”? (16:17)
What costs should we consider in the pursuit of our desires? (18:13)
What is a “misery tax”? (19:42)
How do we recognize and address the influences, especially those online, that promote mindless consumption? (24:08)
How is social media addictive? (24:39)
What is “hate watching”? (26:33)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Minimalist is brought to you by Mountain Dew Baja Blast. |
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| 0:09.6 | Use promo code Poison. |
| 0:11.3 | He's kidding. |
| 0:13.3 | This is brought to you by Nobody. |
| 0:14.4 | Avertise, Min suck. |
| 0:15.4 | Let's start the show. |
| 0:16.4 | It's focused on backwards. |
| 0:19.4 | Every little thing you think that you need. |
| 0:35.4 | Every little thing you think that you need. |
| 0:39.6 | Every little thing that you're feeding your grito I bet that you'll be fine without |
| 0:47.0 | it. |
| 0:48.0 | Hello everybody. |
| 0:49.0 | Welcome to The Minimalist Podcast. |
| 0:50.0 | We discussed what it means to live a meaningful life with less. |
| 0:52.8 | My name is Joshua Fields-Millburn. |
| 0:54.1 | I'm Ryan Nicodemus and together we are the minimalist. |
| 0:57.0 | Ryan, we all want things. |
| 0:58.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:59.7 | But have you ever thought about why you want what you want? |
| 1:02.5 | Actually, we should tell our audience if they buy all our books, especially if they pre-order |
| 1:06.9 | love people use things. |
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