Examples of thin desires: our desire to spectate on petty rivalries + hot takes. >> petty rivalries dominate politics and Hot Take Artists sit in their cages,

Examples of thin desires: our desire to spectate on petty rivalries + hot takes. >> petty rivalries dominate politics and Hot Take Artists sit in their cages, hungrier than ever while inducing hunger in others. Another thin desire: porn. >> Readers will know by now that I believe pornography is one of the primary scourges on our culture, particularly our youth. Example of thick desire: searching for glory (?) >> NATO is an institution that does not, for instance, seem able to withstand the thick desires of Vladimir Putin More thick desire: strength + honor >> "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function." I stopped reading at this point, since it seems to be a reactionary rant. The author appears to want a return to our days of glory, when we laid down our lives for our country, and we righteously murdered all those we deemed wicked or too effete to withstand us, allowing us to take their wives and their daughters as our own, etc. This is a common authoritarian sentiment, and it's the polar opposite of the ideas developed during the Enlightenment (espousing science, humanism, etc.). Steven Pinker talks about it in Enlightenment Now, an excellent book.