Luke Burgis(@lukeburgis):I'll be talking with @patrickc at the @ClunyInstitute's ZOE conference in Napa in two weeks about New Aesthetics—including the relationship between aesthetics, ethics, culture, and life itself. I'd like to do it Tyler Cowen style. In that spirit: What should I ask him? For background:

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You don't want what you think you want. Mimetic desire, identity, culture. Author of Wanting & The One and the Ninety-Nine. Professor. Founder, @clunyinstitute

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Luke Burgis@lukeburgis

2026.07.13 19:04

I'll be talking with @patrickc at the @ClunyInstitute's ZOE conference in Napa in two weeks about New Aesthetics—including the relationship between aesthetics, ethics, culture, and life itself. I'd like to do it Tyler Cowen style. In that spirit: What should I ask him? For background: