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Luke Burgis was one of 15 Christian leaders whom Anthropic asked to advise them on making AI moral. He told me why he declined, and said, “I honestly can’t tell whether J.D. Vance is a true believer.” Read the full story at the link in our bio or TheFP.com.
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Luke Burgis was one of 15 Christian leaders whom Anthropic asked to advise them on making AI moral. He told me why he declined, and said, “I honestly can’t tell whether J.D. Vance is a true believer.” Read the full story at the link in our bio or TheFP.com.
When a campus controversy landed Nicholas Christakis in the middle of an angry crowd, he did something unexpected. He began to ask each person he spoke to in the crowd, “What is your name?” It snapped each person back from being part of a crowd, feeding on each other’s anger, to being an person—it helped them recall their individuality and their humanity. He had a calmer and more productive conversation with them because of it. It’s an important lesson for our time, when so many people derive their identity from being part of a group—or the ninety-nine, as I refer to groups in my upcoming book The One and the Ninety-Nine. We’re all prone to being swept away by the riptide of belonging to a tribe, and embracing the illusory certainty of groupthink. But we can lose ourselves in the process. � The goal of my work is to help people develop their solid self—the core of every person that is the heart of conscience, identity, and ultimately joy.
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When a campus controversy landed Nicholas Christakis in the middle of an angry crowd, he did something unexpected. He began to ask each person he spoke to in the crowd, “What is your name?” It snapped each person back from being part of a crowd, feeding on each other’s anger, to being an person—it helped them recall their individuality and their humanity. He had a calmer and more productive conversation with them because of it. It’s an important lesson for our time, when so many people derive their identity from being part of a group—or the ninety-nine, as I refer to groups in my upcoming book The One and the Ninety-Nine. We’re all prone to being swept away by the riptide of belonging to a tribe, and embracing the illusory certainty of groupthink. But we can lose ourselves in the process. � The goal of my work is to help people develop their solid self—the core of every person that is the heart of conscience, identity, and ultimately joy.
Is it Taylor Swift’s responsibility to rein in her “army of cyberbullies” when they cross the line? @LukeBurgis says yes. “It’s important for a leader to disappoint his or her followers sometimes.” Get the full episode with @SuzyIsOnline and @StandUpDan on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple.
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Is it Taylor Swift’s responsibility to rein in her “army of cyberbullies” when they cross the line? @LukeBurgis says yes. “It’s important for a leader to disappoint his or her followers sometimes.” Get the full episode with @SuzyIsOnline and @StandUpDan on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple.
Join us at the @theathenaeum_chicago for The Courage to Be Saints in the Modern Age: a compelling evening of conversation and reflection on identity, faith, and the courage to live with integrity in the modern world. Through keynote talks and a moderated discussion, this event invites audiences to consider how identity is formed, how social forces shape our desires, and how a life of virtue can be lived practically and authentically today. Join us July 6, 7pm CT in Chicago for an evening of thoughtful dialogue, fellowship, and spiritual refreshment. Tickets are on sale now.
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Join us at the @theathenaeum_chicago for The Courage to Be Saints in the Modern Age: a compelling evening of conversation and reflection on identity, faith, and the courage to live with integrity in the modern world. Through keynote talks and a moderated discussion, this event invites audiences to consider how identity is formed, how social forces shape our desires, and how a life of virtue can be lived practically and authentically today. Join us July 6, 7pm CT in Chicago for an evening of thoughtful dialogue, fellowship, and spiritual refreshment. Tickets are on sale now.
Me or we? Both. I’ve learned so much from Luke Burgis and his new book The One and the Ninety-Nine. The solid self, he says, is knowing who you are as an individual while also being connected to and shaped by your community. Amen amen!
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Me or we? Both. I’ve learned so much from Luke Burgis and his new book The One and the Ninety-Nine. The solid self, he says, is knowing who you are as an individual while also being connected to and shaped by your community. Amen amen!
People set goals and make plans to arrive at a future point called “progress.” But will it be progress? How can we be so sure? Some goals—even good ones—overstay their welcome. Have you noticed that goals have an irreproachable and unimpeachable status? You want to run an ultramarathon? People will applaud your determination. Run for city office? You have their support. Sell your home and move into the back of a van? Cool, essentialism is in. Nobody will question your goals. But it’s worth asking where goals come from in the first place. Every goal is embedded within a system. Mimetic desire is the unwritten, unacknowledged system behind visible goals. The more we bring that system to light, the less likely it is that we’ll pick and pursue the wrong goals. Check out my book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life for more about this powerful force that explains so much in our lives.
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People set goals and make plans to arrive at a future point called “progress.” But will it be progress? How can we be so sure? Some goals—even good ones—overstay their welcome. Have you noticed that goals have an irreproachable and unimpeachable status? You want to run an ultramarathon? People will applaud your determination. Run for city office? You have their support. Sell your home and move into the back of a van? Cool, essentialism is in. Nobody will question your goals. But it’s worth asking where goals come from in the first place. Every goal is embedded within a system. Mimetic desire is the unwritten, unacknowledged system behind visible goals. The more we bring that system to light, the less likely it is that we’ll pick and pursue the wrong goals. Check out my book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life for more about this powerful force that explains so much in our lives.
When I was 14 and starting high school, my dad told me that no matter what stupid shit I did, if I ever called him at 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning, in a bind, and needed him to come pick me up, that i shouldn’t hesitate to call—because, he promised me, we wouldn’t talk about it that night. We would eventually talk about it and deal with it—maybe even the next day—but he wanted to remove all fear in me of calling and asking for help, in the moment. It was a “no questions asked, I just want you to get home safe” policy. I took him up on it one night, and he was true to his word. I’ve never forgotten it, and I’ve never forgotten what would have happened to me if I hadn’t trusted in it. Sometimes, when I visit him in the dementia wing of the Veterans home, I look into his face and see that he trusts in my promise to him, too.
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When I was 14 and starting high school, my dad told me that no matter what stupid shit I did, if I ever called him at 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning, in a bind, and needed him to come pick me up, that i shouldn’t hesitate to call—because, he promised me, we wouldn’t talk about it that night. We would eventually talk about it and deal with it—maybe even the next day—but he wanted to remove all fear in me of calling and asking for help, in the moment. It was a “no questions asked, I just want you to get home safe” policy. I took him up on it one night, and he was true to his word. I’ve never forgotten it, and I’ve never forgotten what would have happened to me if I hadn’t trusted in it. Sometimes, when I visit him in the dementia wing of the Veterans home, I look into his face and see that he trusts in my promise to him, too.
In a crowd of men saluting Hitler in 1936, one man refused. He didn't know a photograph was being taken. He didn't do it performatively. How was he able to resist the pressure of the crowd to conform? That question has haunted me for 15 years, and I began thinking more seriously about the tension between the one and the many. Today those ideas culminate in the release of my book The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. I can't wait to hear what you think about the book.
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In a crowd of men saluting Hitler in 1936, one man refused. He didn't know a photograph was being taken. He didn't do it performatively. How was he able to resist the pressure of the crowd to conform? That question has haunted me for 15 years, and I began thinking more seriously about the tension between the one and the many. Today those ideas culminate in the release of my book The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. I can't wait to hear what you think about the book.
Advance Reader Copies. Someone stole the box off our front stoop while we were traveling, opened the box, then abandoned it in the alley behind our home in DC. A shame, because the book could have really helped them. I wish they’d taken at least one.
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Advance Reader Copies. Someone stole the box off our front stoop while we were traveling, opened the box, then abandoned it in the alley behind our home in DC. A shame, because the book could have really helped them. I wish they’d taken at least one.
Last chance to scoop up a ticket for my conversation with @nytdavidbrooks at the @92ndStreetY tomorrow night on my book, The One and the Ninety-Nine, out this Tuesday. See you in the city! Tickets available at link in my bio.
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Last chance to scoop up a ticket for my conversation with @nytdavidbrooks at the @92ndStreetY tomorrow night on my book, The One and the Ninety-Nine, out this Tuesday. See you in the city! Tickets available at link in my bio.
Are you paying the "misery tax"? When I was building my startups, I would work long days, every day. Then, I would indulge in excess: drinking too much, eating too much, losing money on things I didn't even want. It took a toll on my health, on my relationships, and my finances. Why was I doing this? I realized that I was consuming things to feel better about myself in order to wake up the next day and do what I really didn't want to do. When our goals are based on desires we've adopted from other people, that mismatch can lead to a feeling of unfulfillment. The solution is to understand the forces at work, like mimetic desire, that are causing us to pay the misery tax.
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Are you paying the "misery tax"? When I was building my startups, I would work long days, every day. Then, I would indulge in excess: drinking too much, eating too much, losing money on things I didn't even want. It took a toll on my health, on my relationships, and my finances. Why was I doing this? I realized that I was consuming things to feel better about myself in order to wake up the next day and do what I really didn't want to do. When our goals are based on desires we've adopted from other people, that mismatch can lead to a feeling of unfulfillment. The solution is to understand the forces at work, like mimetic desire, that are causing us to pay the misery tax.
Today I am proud to announce the long-awaited sequel to WANTING.
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Today I am proud to announce the long-awaited sequel to WANTING.
Speaking in Rome this week to a group of young men from around the world who had come to the Eternal City for holy week—I’m not sure the Vatican has ever heard a mash-up of Paul Graham’s “Cities and Ambition”, Renè Girard, and Saint-Exupéry before.
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Speaking in Rome this week to a group of young men from around the world who had come to the Eternal City for holy week—I’m not sure the Vatican has ever heard a mash-up of Paul Graham’s “Cities and Ambition”, Renè Girard, and Saint-Exupéry before.
Excited to be sharing an excerpt from @lukeburgis’s new book The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion on WayfareMagazine.org today—and even more excited to be hosting Luke at the @wayfareart summer festival on July 11! There are still a few spots available—head to luma.com/wayfarefestival26 to secure yours and to see the full line up 🤍
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Excited to be sharing an excerpt from @lukeburgis’s new book The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion on WayfareMagazine.org today—and even more excited to be hosting Luke at the @wayfareart summer festival on July 11! There are still a few spots available—head to luma.com/wayfarefestival26 to secure yours and to see the full line up 🤍
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How do you belong without losing yourself? Follow me for insights from my work you can put to work in your life. My goal is to help people move out of the shallows and into the deep: thicker desires, rich relationships, and meaningful work that activates your whole self. #philosophy #wisdom #knowledge #books #ideas
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How do you belong without losing yourself? Follow me for insights from my work you can put to work in your life. My goal is to help people move out of the shallows and into the deep: thicker desires, rich relationships, and meaningful work that activates your whole self. #philosophy #wisdom #knowledge #books #ideas
For years and years, we were told to find our tribe. But we were never taught how to survive it. In an era of algorithmic outrage, the ultimate skill is learning how to belong without completely disappearing. In The One and the Ninety-Nine, Luke Burgis explores the intense tug-of-war between our need for belonging and our need for individual identity. The reality is that we aren’t hooked on our phones; we’re addicted to the people inside them. When social approval dictates our value, our personalities are engineered by the applause of the crowd. We get swept up in the mimetic pull of what everyone else is watching, buying, or canceling. Technology complicates this by moving from a helpful tool to a dominant worldview. It flattens our lives into data points to be optimized, making older forms of wisdom feel obsolete and cutting us off from objective values. As Michel de Montaigne famously wrote, it is not enough to withdraw from the mob. We have to withdraw from the attributes of the mob that live within us. True freedom means separating your thinking from the automatic pull of the group so you can return to it with genuine integrity. Are you running with the herd, or are you recovering your senses one by one? If you’re ready to learn how to stand firm in your own values without losing your community, this book is a must-read. Get your copy from link in bio. @lukeburgis
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For years and years, we were told to find our tribe. But we were never taught how to survive it. In an era of algorithmic outrage, the ultimate skill is learning how to belong without completely disappearing. In The One and the Ninety-Nine, Luke Burgis explores the intense tug-of-war between our need for belonging and our need for individual identity. The reality is that we aren’t hooked on our phones; we’re addicted to the people inside them. When social approval dictates our value, our personalities are engineered by the applause of the crowd. We get swept up in the mimetic pull of what everyone else is watching, buying, or canceling. Technology complicates this by moving from a helpful tool to a dominant worldview. It flattens our lives into data points to be optimized, making older forms of wisdom feel obsolete and cutting us off from objective values. As Michel de Montaigne famously wrote, it is not enough to withdraw from the mob. We have to withdraw from the attributes of the mob that live within us. True freedom means separating your thinking from the automatic pull of the group so you can return to it with genuine integrity. Are you running with the herd, or are you recovering your senses one by one? If you’re ready to learn how to stand firm in your own values without losing your community, this book is a must-read. Get your copy from link in bio. @lukeburgis
We all have access to a deeper version of ourselves: the solid self.
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We all have access to a deeper version of ourselves: the solid self.
Ben Sasse is exactly right: we’re impoverished by the “thin” communities of politics and tribalism, and starving for “thick” community. The one place I actually knew my neighbors, it changed my life completely. Politics tries to sell us on the solution that they can solve everything that ails us. But our problems are deeper than anything politics can reach. We’re being spiritually impoverished by the breakdown in human belonging. I try to outline how we got here and how we can rebuild the social bonds of community in my book The One and the Ninety-Nine. My reaction to his recent @60minutes interview. #knowledge #wisdom #politics #news #reaction
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Ben Sasse is exactly right: we’re impoverished by the “thin” communities of politics and tribalism, and starving for “thick” community. The one place I actually knew my neighbors, it changed my life completely. Politics tries to sell us on the solution that they can solve everything that ails us. But our problems are deeper than anything politics can reach. We’re being spiritually impoverished by the breakdown in human belonging. I try to outline how we got here and how we can rebuild the social bonds of community in my book The One and the Ninety-Nine. My reaction to his recent @60minutes interview. #knowledge #wisdom #politics #news #reaction
What shapes who we become? How do we hold onto a sense of self in a world that is constantly pulling us in different directions? Join us for an evening of conversation with Fr. Mike Schmitz and Luke Burgis exploring identity, culture, and the challenge of living with clarity and conviction today. Tickets on sale Wednesday, April 22 at 12 PM CT. July 6 • Historic Main Stage at Athenaeum Center
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What shapes who we become? How do we hold onto a sense of self in a world that is constantly pulling us in different directions? Join us for an evening of conversation with Fr. Mike Schmitz and Luke Burgis exploring identity, culture, and the challenge of living with clarity and conviction today. Tickets on sale Wednesday, April 22 at 12 PM CT. July 6 • Historic Main Stage at Athenaeum Center

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Luke Burgis (@lukeburgis) has 4.00K Instagram followers with a 2.28% engagement rate over the past 12 months. Across 220 posts, Luke Burgis received 8.15K total likes and 94.8K impressions, averaging 37.1 likes per post. This page tracks Luke Burgis's performance metrics, top content, and engagement trends — updated daily.

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