Luke Burgis

About Luke Burgis

Luke Burgis is the author of "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life" and "The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion". A four-time startup founder turned professor at The Catholic University of America, he studies how imitation, desire, and social contagion shape who we become. He is the Founder and Director of The Cluny Institute, which works at the intersection of Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley. He lives in Washington, D.C., and West Michigan with his wife, Claire, and their children.