387 | Desirelessness

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Finances, Home & Garden, Leisure, Mental Health, Minimalism, Contribution, Passion, Minimalists, Health & Fitness, Decluttering, Philosophy, Health, Relationships, Growth, Simple, Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Minimalists talk about messy living, desirelessness, and attachments at their final Sunday Symposium. Listen to the Maximal edition of episode 387 on The Minimalists Private Podcast.

Discussed in this episode:

Introduction (00:11)

What are the different kinds of desires? (23:23)

How do consumption and creativity differ? (24:18)

Why are we so confused regarding what we actually want? (27:30)

How does social media incentivize discontent? (38:41)

What are the differences between stated preference and revealed preference? (46:27)

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0:00.0	This focus has bad words.
0:07.0	So here's the first thing.
0:14.0	Emit that your life is a mess.
0:19.0	And second, and this one's a bit tougher, okay?
0:23.0	You ready?
0:24.0	Here it is.
0:27.0	You don't want to get out of it.
0:30.0	You do not want to get out of the mess.
0:34.0	Talk to any psychologist who's worth his name, and it'll confirm that.
0:38.0	The last thing a client wants is a cure.
0:44.0	He doesn't want to get cured.
0:47.0	He wants relief.
0:49.0	Eric Burnet, one of the great psychiatrists here in the United States,
0:53.0	put it very graphically.
0:55.0	He suggested you imagine a client who's up to his nose in a cesspool.
1:02.0	He calls it liquid excrement.
1:06.0	And he's coming to the doctor, and you know what he says to the doctor?
1:13.0	Could you help me so that people don't make waves?
1:22.0	The client does not want to get out of the cesspool.
1:27.0	Oh, no, no, no, get out.
1:30.0	For heaven's sake, no.
1:32.0	Just help me so they won't make waves.
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