Who Runs Towards Danger? | Social comparison, Bryan Johnson and a £1.5m Pokémon attic

The Concept of the Week is social comparison theory: why we'd rather take £10 while someone else gets £5 than take £10 while they get £20. The father who stopped the gunman at a school in Bend, Oregon has spoken about the moment he called his mum. What makes someone run towards danger, and what is the one variable that decides how many people die? Bryan Johnson wants to live forever, but isn't entirely sure why. Is he adding years to his life but not meaning? A retired decorator's Pokémon cards sold for £1.56 million after years in the attic. Is collecting for profit just a lottery? The first Psych Hack: would you do this just for you? Please note: This episode discusses a school shooting in which three children and a teacher were killed, gun violence, survivor's guilt, depression and abuse. If anything in this episode has affected you, Samaritans are there day or night on 116 123, or at samaritans.org. Chapters 00:00 Cold open 00:18 Welcome, and this week's headlines 00:48 The clock change 03:13 Lost days, Willett and The Waste of Daylight 04:00 The spelling reformers 04:47 Concept of the Week: social comparison theory 07:02 £10 for me, £5 for you 07:26 Psych hacking 08:15 Headline: the man who stopped a school shooter 10:00 Why some people run towards danger 11:20 Survivor's guilt 13:22 Not naming the killer 15:07 The variable that makes the difference 17:40 The history of the NRA 20:21 Mass shootings and mental health 21:12 Looking for red flags 24:20 What can we do to help boys and men? 28:25 Misplaced revenge 30:18 Headline: Bryan Johnson wants to live forever 31:29 Memento mori 32:24 Would you want to be a vampire? 33:58 The myth of Tithonus 35:24 800 million years 37:20 A pension or the lottery? 38:33 A life on a Greek hillside 40:52 Headline: £1.5m of Pokémon in the attic 41:57 Lucky, not brilliant 42:46 Using the things we keep 44:30 The painting in the junk shop 46:20 Logan Paul, a Pikachu and a treasure hunt 48:00 Does motive change the reward? 48:54 Holding the Malleus Maleficarum 50:27 A box of small things 51:19 Collecting Christmas decorations 52:02 The first Psych Hack: would you do this just for you? 53:43 Fesshole and the curated life 54:20 Looking ahead to the Budget 55:25 Universal basic income 58:03 Sorting out social care Experience is hosted by Hilary Jeffs and Peter Kinderman. Produced by James Jones at Granary Digital. https://www.experiencepodco.com