Creating freedom : the lottery of birth, the illusion of consent, and the fight for our future

A Manifesto For Deep And Radical Change, Creating Freedom Explores The Limits Placed On Freedom By Human Nature And Society. It Explodes Myths At The Heart Of Our Economic, Political, And Criminal Justice Systems, Calling For A Profound Transformation In The Way We Think About Democracy, Equality, And Our Own Identities. Free Markets, Free Elections, Free Media, Free Thought, Free Speech, Free Will The Language Of Freedom Pervades Our Lives, Framing The Most Urgent Issues Of Our Time And The Deepest Questions About Who We Are And Who We Want To Be. It Is A Foundational Concept At The Heart Of Our Civilization, But It Has Long Been Distorted To Justify Its Opposite: Soaring Inequality, The Erosion Of Democracy, An Irrational Criminal Justice System, And A Dehumanizing Foreign Policy. Raoul Martinez Argues That The More We Understand The Limits On Our Freedom, The Better Placed We Are To Transcend Them. Drawing Together Findings And Ideas From Neuroscience, Criminology, Psychology, Politics, Climate Science, Economics, And Philosophy, Creating Freedom Constructs A Radical Framework To Make Sense Of The World And Empower Us To Change It. This Is A Wide-ranging Analysis Of Power, Control, And Freedom, Which Asks Us To Question Our Inherited Identities, Question Our Society, And Turn The Power To Choose Into The Freedom To Create. "Freedom has long been a foundational concept at the heart of our civilization. Free markets, free media, free speech-even in these politically divided times, freedom is one thing we can all agree on. But we also live in a time of unprecedented economic inequality, eroding democracy, and a broken criminal justice system. How can we value freedom and simultaneously inhibit it? In Creating Freedom, Raoul Martinez argues that the more we understand the limits on our freedom, the better we will be at resisting them. Drawing on neuroscience, criminology, psychology, politics, climate science, economics, and philosophy, Creating Freedom lays a blueprint for us to make sense of our fractured world-and illuminates the path toward a better future"--Publisher's website Raoul Martinez brings together ideas, facts, and arguments to dismantle sacred myths central to our society--myths about free will, free markets, free media, and free elections. From the lottery of our birth to the consent-manufacturing influence of concentrated power, this book exposes the mechanisms of control that pervade our lives. Although we are far less free than we like to think, freedom is something we can create together. In fact, our very survival may depend on our doing so.--Adapted from jacket flap. The lottery of birth. Luck Punishment Reward The illusion of consent. Control Elections Markets Media The fight for our freedom. Creativity Knowledge Power Survival Empathy.