The Hidden Force Controlling Money, Power and Your Choices

<p>What if the real power in your life isn’t what you know, but what you <em>know that everyone else knows you know</em>?</p><p>Money only works because we all believe everyone else believes in it. Governments stand because we assume everyone else will follow the rules. Even love, status, trust, and cancel culture are driven by invisible social agreements that live in our <em>shared</em> mind.</p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Steven Pinker, Harvard psychologist, cognitive scientist, bestselling author, and one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World Today,” to decode the science of <strong>common knowledge</strong> and how it shapes everything from money and power to social media, revolutions, and your daily relationships.</p><p>We talk about why some ideas go viral and others don’t, why cancel culture and public shaming are so effective, why dictators fear free speech, and how misinformation hijacks our “collective brain.” Steven also shares powerful tools from h...