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A LessWrong post discusses René Girard's mimetic theory, which holds that people desire things because they imitate the desires of others.
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“Wikipedia summarizes René Girard's mimetic theory like this: Man is the creature who does not know what to desire, and he turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires.”
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