How Social Media Hacks Your Brain - Barry's Economics
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This is an in depth video about Social Media - a conversation that no one seems to be having.
It's the Behavioural and Neuroscience of How Our Phones and Social Media is really affecting us .
Us All
This video is about why that fact keeps getting ignored, while we're arguing about parental choice and free speech and whether the harm is proven enough.
If this video was useful- consider subscribing or supporting the channel - this channel doesn't take sponsorships or do brand deals.
Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BarrysEconomics
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CHAPTERS
0:00 The people who built it won't let their kids use it
2:30 Why you think you're less biased than you are
6:00 The bias blind spot — and why it makes you more vulnerable
9:30 What Facebook proved it could do to 700,000 people
14:00 Big Food did this to your body. Big Tech is doing it to your brain.
18:00 The profit motive is the disease. Social media is just the symptom.
21:00 So what do we actually do?
I’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.
This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.
How to Support Barry’s Economics
Help us stay independent and keep making videos like this.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics
https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics
https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics
Subscribe for future videos: https://www.youtube.com/@barryeconomics
More about me: https://barryferns.co.uk/
You can also follow me on
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics
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Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics
Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/
If you’re new to this, check out @garyseconomics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.
Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00
Want to see the stand-up side of all this?
Find my live comedy and storytelling here:
https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns
To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/
#BarrysEconomics #GarysEconomics #Inequality #BehaviouralEconomics #SocialJustice #BarryFerns #ComedyWithDepth
It's the Behavioural and Neuroscience of How Our Phones and Social Media is really affecting us .
Us All
This video is about why that fact keeps getting ignored, while we're arguing about parental choice and free speech and whether the harm is proven enough.
If this video was useful- consider subscribing or supporting the channel - this channel doesn't take sponsorships or do brand deals.
Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/BarrysEconomics
———
CHAPTERS
0:00 The people who built it won't let their kids use it
2:30 Why you think you're less biased than you are
6:00 The bias blind spot — and why it makes you more vulnerable
9:30 What Facebook proved it could do to 700,000 people
14:00 Big Food did this to your body. Big Tech is doing it to your brain.
18:00 The profit motive is the disease. Social media is just the symptom.
21:00 So what do we actually do?
I’m Barry Ferns – a comedian whose personal journey through failure, homelessness, and rebuilding led me to explore the socio and behavioural economics of inequality.
This channel digs into how systems of power shape our identity, behaviour, and beliefs, and how we can shift the stories we tell ourselves and each other about poverty, inequality, and who’s to blame.
How to Support Barry’s Economics
Help us stay independent and keep making videos like this.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics
https://ko-fi.com/barryseconomics
https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics
Subscribe for future videos: https://www.youtube.com/@barryeconomics
More about me: https://barryferns.co.uk/
You can also follow me on
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@barryseconomics
Instagram: instagram.com/barryseconomics
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0vgya63dtCFD5tjODr7BEK?si=Bb6ftvByR1-6vG0Q2BTmMg
Twitter: twitter.com/barryseconomics
Substack: https://substack.com/@barryseconomics
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/barryferns/
If you’re new to this, check out @garyseconomics first – his channel gives the structural and financial perspective. This one adds the lived, social and emotional side.
Support Gary's Wealth Tax Campaign Here: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm4gs9Nl1L6eqWbUydjO00
Want to see the stand-up side of all this?
Find my live comedy and storytelling here:
https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarryferns
To learn more about my comedy club, Angel Comedy, and buy tickets for shows head here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/
#BarrysEconomics #GarysEconomics #Inequality #BehaviouralEconomics #SocialJustice #BarryFerns #ComedyWithDepth
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