Cultivate your comparison set carefully
The guest argued that mimetic desire, amplified by social media, is a recipe for unhappiness and that one should be intentional about who and what they compare themselves to.
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REVIVED · 8 MENTIONS · 6 EPISODES · 5 SHOWS
14 AUG 2025 — 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
2 UPDATE · 3 REPEAT · 3 MENTIONED
- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST
- THE MEB FABER SHOW
- Cultivate your comparison set carefully · THIS IDEA
- THE LONG VIEW · 2 MENTIONS
- THE KNOWLEDGE PROJECT
- THE KNOWLEDGE PROJECT · 2 MENTIONS
- AFFORD ANYTHING
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