The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

Luke has a background on Wall Street and has founded 3 companies in Silicon Valley. He describes his adult life as a constant state of uncertainty. At some point, he took a classics course, which he completed in a 24-hour Starbucks in a couple of months while living in Las Vegas. This led to him to contemplate deeper questions, leaving "entrepreneur Luke" behind and spending 3 years in Rome. Luke is now a Professor at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and has written a book — "WANTING: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life." The book is one of the best ones I've read in the past couple of years and we talk about some of the ideas in the book and how they intersect with Luke and my life.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (02:18) - The scripts that Luke grew up with
  • (15:59) - Book publishing the temptations of conformity
  • (23:24) - The memetic desires & The romantic lie of our own desires
  • (28:54) - Doing the classics course after hours
  • (33:42) - The importance of play & Feeding the spirit
  • (36:29) - Thick Desires & Thin Desires
  • (46:12) - Creativity, Being open & Letting go of control
  • (50:38) - Learning from different work cultures & transcending the system
  • (57:48) - "The Three Cities Problem" — Reason, Faith & Technology
  • (01:06:09) - What’s next, preparing to be a father
  • (01:14:37) - Luke's path role models
  • (01:17:35) - Closing remarks

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What is The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd?

The Pathless Path is hosted by Paul Millerd - a writer, creator, and consultant. He has conversations with freelancers, self-employed entrepreneurs, creators, and vagabonds who share their perspectives on their relationship with work, burnout, bootstrapping, indie hacking, remote work, reinvention, creativity, sabbaticals, leisure, self-employment, unconventional living, and digital nomadism. Past guests include Ali Abdaal, Khe Hy, Ben Hunt, Wade Foster, Dan Vassallo, Kris Abdelmessih, Steph Smith, Amir Salihefendić, Alex Pang, Visakan Veerasamy, and more.