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Luke Burgis

@lukeburgis

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Husband, dad, author of WANTING and The One and the Ninety-Nine. @clunyinstitute @clunyjournal

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Video by Luke Burgis on June 16, 2026.PinnedVideo

In a crowd of men saluting Hitler in 1936, one man refused. He didn't know a photograph was being taken. He…

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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…

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What does artificial intelligence reveal about human desire? MODELS OF DESIRE: MACHINES, MIMESIS AND THE…

Video by Book TV on September 16, 2026. May be a meme of phone, telephone, magazine, book and text that says 'STRA TAHI POW rsiar K MON arliccom HE arlic ONAPLA AALAA PLA BRAIDEDF ting PLACE Us PLACEfo for forUs C-SPAN BOOKTV BANON MYHOME Are You Addicted to Your Phone?'.Video

When you hang out with your friends, how often does everyone look at their phone? @lukeburgis (“The One and…

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Cluny Institute Presents ... THE COURAGE TO BE IN COMMUNION A Trialogue with Luke Burgis, Andreas Widmer…

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This Celebrate Tuesday, I’m celebrating the one and only @lukeburgis 💫 I had the pleasure of meeting Luke…

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WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED Watch the full conversation on YouTube (link in bio). Luke Burgis, Freya…

Photo by Luke Burgis on August 27, 2026. 10 items, carousel

"Burgis doesn’t shy away from how hard it is to differentiate, understand, and possess oneself enough to…

Video by Cluny on August 26, 2026. May be a meme of one or more people and text that says '"MY SON WAS DEAD MYSONWASDEADAND AND NOW HE'S ALIVE" MOSES PUT IT MOSESPUTITLIKE LIKE GLU'.Video

Choosing life over death. @lukeburgis relates to the prodigal son.

Video by Cluny on August 26, 2026. May be a meme of one or more people, magazine and text that says 'MODERNISM REJECTED BEAUTY THERE THEREWAS WAS Η'.Video

Stripe co-founder & CEO Patrick Collison on why modern aesthetics "appear to be stuck." @patrickcollison on…

Photo by Luke Burgis on August 24, 2026. May be an image of ‎book and ‎text that says '‎ין THE THEONE ONE AND THE NINETY-NINE FORGING IDENTITY FORGINGIDENTITYINTHEAGE IN THE HEAGE OFSOCIALCONTAGION OF SOCIAL CONTAGION WMMAN! "This is the best book on the problem of self and community written so far in the 21st century." LUKE LUKEBURGIS BURGIS AUTHOR OF ANTING JOHN-PAUL HEIL NATIONAL REVIEW‎'‎‎.

“The best book on the problem of self and community written so far in the 21st century.” — @nationalreview…

Video by Cluny on August 21, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of one or more people, blonde hair, people smiling, people smoking and text that says 'WRITERS'.Video

Have you ever tasted PERFECT FREEDOM? @lukeburgis on how to live like a weasel. #eagle #freedom #writing

Video by Luke Burgis on August 20, 2026. May be an image of microphone and text.Video

We've internalized the idea that we always have to be doing something—that there is always more to achieve.

Photo by Luke Burgis on August 20, 2026. May be an illustration of ‎text that says '‎The One and the TheOneandtheNinety-Nine Ninety Ninety-Nine Do not let นร seek to persuade ourselves that an education of the masses possible: that a contradiction in terms. What is educable is IS only an individual, or more exactly a person. -GABRIEL MARCEL ا‎'‎.

"What is educable is only an individual, or more exactly a person."

Photo by Luke Burgis on August 19, 2026. 5 items, carousel

@cowenconvos asked me why the West is especially unhappy One explanation is that we've internalized the idea…

Video by Penitent Jester on August 19, 2026. May be an illustration of office and text.Video

HOW DID @lukeburgis COME UP WITH MAGNIFICA MACHINA?

Video by Luke Burgis on August 19, 2026. May be a meme of one or more people, beard, eyeglasses, sweater and text that says 'bleй itin it in Christianity'.Video

"Aesthetically, what is it in Christianity that's most important to you?" — @cowenconvos

Photo by Luke Burgis on August 19, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, people standing, magazine, microphone and text that says 'There's something far more fundamental in the question of consciousness, and that 1S life. at How do we move from merely preserving life and extending life to more abundant life? CLANIOS Zoë LIFE ABUNDANT IFEABUNDANTIWAMARTIFICIALAGE BUN UNDANT NAN ARTIF IAL AGE AB ΑΟΣΑΗΗΟCΗΡΑΥΟΛΙΟΣ 40人i日 COIPERCIGS'.

I hear questions on a daily basis about machine consciousness. But there's something more fundamental than…

Video by Conversations with Tyler on August 19, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, beard, microphone and text that says 'Family amilystructures, structures, ৫ 品'.Video

Why do Americans seem so unhappy even when they’re doing well? @lukeburgis thinks our culture of constant…

Video by Luke Burgis on August 19, 2026. May be an image of one or more people and text that says 'HEAL.TH- MAXXING,'.Video

Looks-maxxing, sleep-maxxing, health-maxxing—all of those things seem to me to be very compartmentalized…

Photo by Luke Burgis on August 18, 2026. 8 items, carousel

In healthy organizations, the truth moves fast. Companies that measure the speed of truth and take steps to…

Video by Luke Burgis on August 17, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, microphone and text that says 'take initiative'.Video

We've lost the art of association, the "mother science" of democracy. Small civic communities that used to…

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LUKE BURGIS: MAGNIFICA MACHINA Watch the full talk on YouTube (link in bio). *** Cluny Institute founder and…