The Iceberg Is Innocent: The Titanic's True Villain

The real Tragedy of the Titanic Wasn't The Iceberg.
This week's video is what we get wrong about tragedies.
This is a story about who gets killed, what power does to us, and how to change course so the when disaster hits - it doesn't need to be a tragedy.

Chapters
00:00 - 01:23 Intro
01:23 - 02:05 Who survived the tragedy
02:05 - 03:15 How class was divided on the Titanic
03:15 - 5:11 The lie in the Blitz tragedy
05:11 - 06:30 Who suffers the most in tragedies
06:30 - 12:00 Wealth Tax debate correlations
12:00 - 12:16 Heckled by the ghost of Titanic?
12:16 - 16:01 Does power corrupt?
16:01 - 18:01 Compassion and empathy gap in society
18:01 - 24:00 The short circuit to empathy and compassion
24:00 - 25:31 When have societies come together for a shared cause?
25:31 - 28:50 How awe can influence change
28:50 - 31:21 How we can change the story

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.

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