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René Girard’s [theory of mimetic desire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theory), which can be summed up best as:
> 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.
Nerd Culture Is Murdering Intellectuals
Erik Hoel
So, too, with our online activities, where our relationships and conversations are our modern-day yields, designed to harvest ever more data. As with corn and soy grown in great monocrops, quality and individuality are sacrificed in favor of standardization and homogenization, even when homogenization takes the form of individuals all competing to stand out as quirky and utterly unique.
People in these societies no longer care about one another. I don’t mean that in an abstract way. I mean it in a lethally real one. They no longer care whether others live or die. That is what it means when Americans deny each other healthcare. That is what it means when Brits think a drink at the pub or a street party is more important than stopping the spread of a lethal virus.
The New Leaders of the 21st Century
umair haque
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