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Description: A reflection on something of special importance at this time: the dangers of magical heroes, human and divine. You can support the channel at: patreon.com/TheraminTrees -- 0:00 the importance of individuality 4:08 heroes, harmful and helpful 6:29 religious disciples 7:22 a little learning 9:20 hero 1: ‘the racketeer’ 11:01 hero 2: ‘the redeemer’ 13:58 copying chaos 17:50 authorship vs authority 19:51 secular disciples 21:23 hero 3: ‘the radicaliser’ 23:06 hero 4: ‘the relative hero’ 25:59 hero 5: ‘the reluctant hero’ 27:35 hero 6: ‘the revolving door’ 29:52 hero 7: ‘the reflection’ 33:07 virtual disciples 35:46 virtual hero: ‘the recommender’ 38:29 a self-perpetuating cycle -- subtitles Bulgarian: Djeitko Russian: Sergey Savelyev -- closing quote: It is tragic how few people ever ‘possess their souls’ before they die .... Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. —Oscar Wilde -- references: Ahmad, Z. (2001) Love for Allah. Faqir Publications, Chicago Allen, M. (2017) Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains”. available at: axios.com/sean-parker-unloads-on-facebook-god-only-knows-what-its-doing-to-our-childrens-brains-1513306792-f855e7b4-4e99-4d60-8d51-2775559c2671.html DeBono, A., Shariff, A. F., Poole, S. and Muraven, M. (2017) Forgive us our trespasses: Priming a forgiving (but not a punishing) god increases unethical behavior. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9 (supplement 1) pp.S1–S10 Genetically Modified Food—Is It Safe for You? Awake (22 April 2000) pp.25-27 Lanier, J. (2018) Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now. Vintage, London Mill, J.S. (1859) On liberty. Pope, A. (1711) An essay on criticism. Rothbaum, F., Weisz, J.R. and Snyder, S.S. (1982) Changing the world and changing the self: a two-process model of perceived control. Journal of personality and social psychology 42 (1) pp.5-37 Sullivan, M.P. and Venter, A. (2005) The hero within: inclusion of heroes into the self. Self and Identity 4 (2) pp.101-111 Wiener, N. (1950) The human use of human beings. Houghton Mifflin Zimbardo, P. (2007) The Lucifer effect: understanding how good people turn evil. Random House -- music © TheraminTrees Full original music tracks used in videos are available to patreon supporters who pledge at the $1 per video level.