The Hidden Force That Secretly Controls Your Life - Brian Klaas

Brian Klaas is a political scientist, a professor at University College London and an author. Small, seemingly insignificant events can have profound effects on the world. But how much of our fate is truly determined by chance, and if chaos plays such a huge role, how much control do we actually have over anything? Expect to learn the chance story of the atomic bomb’s targeting, the difference between contingency and convergence, why our brains are so good at distorting reality, the link between Donald Trump’s election and the dinosaurs, how a cigar changed the course of the American Revolution, why floorboards in New England are 23 inches wide and much more... - 00:00 How Chance Dictated Hiroshima & 9/11 05:48 Does Anything Happen for a Reason? 16:33 The Illusion of Control in Modern Society 20:27 Small Things Causing Significant Events 24:24 Would Brian Kill Baby Hitler? 32:07 Our Brains Distort Reality 40:41 How a Cow Could Start World War 3 51:3