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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. No sponsors, ever.... this channel is funded by viewers: ▶ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics ▶ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/barryseconomics https://paypal.me/barryseconomics 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://paypal.me/barryseconomics https://www.patreon.com/barryseconomics Subscribe for future videos: https://www.youtube.com/@barryeconomics More about me: https://barryferns.co.uk/ Mailing List Sign-up: https://tr.ee/0BKMVw 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 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/barryseconomics.bsky.social 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/ Sources & verified citations - Titanic Inquiry Project - https://www.titanicinquiry.org/BOTInq/BOTReport/botReport01.php - "Social Class and Survival on the S.S. Titanic," Social Science & Medicine https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(86)90041-9 - "Titanic Lifeboats — Capacity and Loading." https://www.encyclopedia- titanica.org/titanic-lifeboats.html - Calder, A. (1991), The Myth of the Blitz, Jonathan Cape / Pimlico. - Mackay, R. (2002), Half the Battle: Civilian Morale in Britain During the Second World War, Manchester University Press. - Clampin, D. (2014), Advertising and Propaganda in World War II, Bloomsbury Academic. - Living Standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK, IFS. https:// ifs.org.uk/publications/living-standards-poverty-and-inequality-uk - Portes, J. & Reed, H. (2018), The Cumulative Impact of Tax and Welfare Reforms, https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/cumulative-impact-tax-and- welfare-reforms - Keltner, D., Gruenfeld, D.H. & Anderson, C. (2003), "Power, approach, and inhibition," https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.110.2.265 - Useem, J. (2017), "Power Causes Brain Damage," https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/ - Hogeveen, J., Inzlicht, M. & Obhi, S.S. (2014), "Power changes how the brain responds to others," https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23815455/ - Muscatell, K.A. et al. (2012), "Social status modulates neural activity in the mentalizing network," https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.080 - Piff, P.K. et al. (2010), "Having less, giving more," https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020092 - Frankl, V.E. (1946 / 2006), Man's Search for Meaning - "The IMF Economic Crisis and Gold Collection Movement," Korea100. http://dh.aks.ac.kr/Korea100/wiki/index.php/The_IMF_Economic_Crisis_and_Gold_Collection_Movement - Lahti, E.E. (2019), "Embodied fortitude: An introduction to the Finnish construct of sisu," International Journal of Wellbeing 9(1). https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v9i1.672 - Piff, P.K. et al. (2015), "Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior," https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000018 #BarrysEconomics #GarysEconomics #Inequality #BehaviouralEconomics #SocialJustice #BarryFerns #ComedyWithDepth