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"The Joy of Hate Watching"
🕑 Added 2021-06-03 12:05:59 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive. Joshua and Ryan talk about identifying and addressing our desires to free ourselves from their allure with author and professor Luke Burgis, and they answer the following questions:
What is the “joy of hate watching”? (00:00)
What is the origin of “scapegoat”? (03:05)
Why would prestige be preferred over fame? (10:50)
Is the freedom that mystics experience the freedom to aspire to? (18:16)
What is our love/hate relationship with our models? (19:58)
What is the “cult of competition”? (23:31)
What is the Diderot effect? (27:45)
What is the “reflexivity of desire”? (29:33)
How do I address my longing for things that are impossible to attain, like being young again or bringing back loved ones who have passed? (34:40)
How important is it to get to the root of our desire? (35:34)
How important is gratitude? (39:02)
What effect has the pandemic had on desire? (40:54)
Is wanting things inherently bad? (42:49)
What role does desire fulfill in our lives? (47:47)
How are innovation and desire related? (54:05)
How do we help our kids understand desire, especially with regards to marketing versus true wants? (58:13)
How important is it for us to consider how we’re models for others? (1:04:35)
Why do we want the belongings of loved ones who have passed, even if there’s no sentimental attachment? (1:06:51)
What do The Minimalists want? (1:12:03)
LINKS
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: The Courage to Be Disliked
Book: The Motion of the Body Through Space
Book: Wanting
Facebook: Luke Burgis
Instagram: Luke Burgis
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Jess Williams
Podcast: How to Love
Podcast: Wanting
Quote: Louis CK
Resources: The Minimalists
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Text: 937-202-4654
Tour: The Minimalists
Twitter: Luke Burgis
Watch: Less Is Now
Website: Luke Burgis
MAXIMS
“The thing you want is never the thing you want.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Our sky-high levels of debt are proxies for our levels of mimetic desires.” —Luke Burgis
“Our desires often lead to our misery.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“The thing you want is never the thing you want.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“What you want usually isn’t what you desire.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“More media, more misery.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“Follow your desires to the end to discover what you truly want; discover the thick desires underneath the thin desires.” —Luke Burgis
“The desire to not have desires is a prison.” —Ryan Nicodemus
“Letting go is not something you do—it’s something you stop doing.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 290.
Comments
Dmitriy Zolotovskiy
I remember writing a paper for my Criminology class. It was about the same thing, only rewind it back to gladiatorial fights of ancient Rome, when people would determine your destiny by thumbs up/down gesture. Not a lot has changed since that time, well, maybe with the exception that thumbs up/down are digital nowadays 👍
Denise Kludo
When Ryan mentioned the game MASH my nostalgia orgasmed. But also when he talks about the Tesla I remember a podcast from last year where he mentioned something about “do I want the Tesla because I really want the Tesla? Or do I want it in order to relieve the feeling not having a Tesla?” I destroyed that paraphrase but you get it.
