What we desire is also what we think, what we feel, what we believe. We mistake all of these for the objects…

What we desire is also what we think, what we feel, what we believe. We mistake all of these for the objects of our desire, we think what we like is present in the object of our desire. But really we like things because other people like them, whom we then imitate. 1/2 https://t.co/OvpdOe8D7O

That imitation then leads to rivalry with others also imitating, imitative rivalry. That rivalry is driven by status. And that’s the genetic root of all human thought and behaviour. /end