There are two types of stories that have been adopted y again. I call it the nudging state, the nudging oligarchy, big corporations. And these are the archetypes, the grammars, if you will. Are stories of the other and stories of transactions. We are hard wired to respond to these stories. But what it does, jim, is that it crowds out the stories of jesus and mohammed and buddha - every other great religious figure and non religious figure. The cost we pay at the end of the day is that, i think we lose our autonomy of mind, to your point. We lose the ability to think certain thoughtsye
Ben Hunt is the creator and primary author of Epsilon Theory, and co-founder and CIO at Second Foundation Partners. Epsilon Theory is a newsletter that examines markets through the lenses of game theory and history. Over 100,000 professional investors and allocators across 180 countries read Epsilon Theory for its fresh perspective and novel insights into market dynamics. You can follow Ben on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory and read Epsilon Theory here: https://www.epsilontheory.com/ Show Notes:
- Neurolinguistic hard reset
- Ben’s days at Harvard
- Why Klaus Schwab is a raccoon
- Human beings are social animals
- How language impacts and limits us
- The cost of the Metaverse
- How the nudging state is rewiring us
- Does narrative follow price, or is it the inverse?
- Traders respond to stories everyday
- How technology can fight the nudging state.
- NOAH: An ark of stories on the blockchain
Books Mentioned:
- The WEIRDest People in the World; by Joseph Henrich
- How the Irish Saved Civilization; by Thomas Cahill