You Are Living In An Economic Fairy Tale

The science on this is not subtle.

But it's Compelling and Incredibly Consistent.

This is just the evidence.

1:40 - Lion King, Harry Potter, Avatar and the person always in charge
2:40 - The Classic Villain
3:10 - Box office gold is detached from reality
4:00 - The science - Guino et al. (2015) perspective-taking study
4:40 - Caruso fMRI study & wealth associated with reduced compassion
5:30 - Kraus, Van Kleef, Dietze & Knowles & multiple teams, same conclusion
8:00 - Unscrewing Neoliberlism
8.30 - Talking to Dave From Accounts
10:00 - Doing the impossible - Going to the moon, eradicating smallpox, the bicycle — what we call "normal"
12:50 - Yuval Noah Harari & Sapiens, Homo Deus, Nexus and stories as institutional operating systems
18:50 - Knowing What We Know
20:50 - Leaving Your Moral Conscience Outside The Cinema
21:50 - The "Real" World isn't the Real World

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.

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