Don't Kill the Gnomes.

A reflection on the death of wonder, and how the modern state of society contributes to it. Gnomes are delightful little creatures - how could we forget them? Worse, we doom them to unreality. To disbelief. Throughout this video I make the case for belief in gnomes. Life's just better when you do.
00:00 Intro
00:35 Superstition and Shakespeare
01:07 Magic
01:50 Joy
04:07 Industrialization and the Death of Wonder
06:22 It's not All or Nothing, but
07:50 Back on Topic: Are Gnomes so Absurd?
09:03 Quantum Fairies
11:02 Magic and the Beauty of Being
12:32 Outro / Clarification