Everyone Wants a Piece of You. Here's How to Stay Whole -- with Luke Burgis

Luke Burgis, author of Wanting and The One and the Ninety-Nine, explores the hidden cost of frictionless community. He argues that easy belonging can weaken your sense of self, making it harder to form genuine convictions. The conversation covers why cutting people off has become the default response to conflict, a zero-tolerance workplace rule for passive-aggressiveness, and a framework for deciding who to trust. The episode examines how inherited beliefs shape identity and what an existential crisis taught Burgis about building a life that holds together under pressure.