Tag Archive for: mimetic desire
Elizabeth Holmes Is a Scapegoat—Even If She’s Guilty
Blog, Cheating & Honesty, Decision Making, Trust
Reprinted with permission from Luke Burgis' Substack, Anti-Mimetic.
Our desire for quick justice can make us pounce on the most visible actors.
The criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-testing startup Theranos,…
The Entrepreneur Who Wants Us to Rethink What’s Worth Wanting
Blog, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Speak-Up and Call-Out Culture
Few people realize that they’re caught up in the kind of mimetic crisis that Rene Girard (above) described while they are actually in it, says Luke Burgis, author of Wanting.
A powerful idea, that of mimetic desire, seems to be getting…