What lies beneath ...

What i’m trying to do here, Jeremy, is understand you.  
 How did a lager lout teenager who twice fell short on his A-levels, ascend to the pinnacle of power in academia? 
 We've looked at your schooling, Vietnam, but not your parents - the itinerant childhood . 
 As you say: Inevitably it has a big influence, I think, on the way you see things and your approach to the world. 
 In turn, your approach to the world has had a big influence on the world - so let’s reverse engineer that. 
 Born in Singapore,1961, the usual media intro is: His father was an English teacher .. who moved his family often. The family lived in Yemen, Egypt, Cyprus, New Zealand (6-months - hated it), and Libya, among other countries . Farrar, the youngest of six, came along after Yemen and Egypt. (my brackets) 
 At the NIH lecture, you list the countries of your childhood as: Singapore, Malaysia, Aden in Yemen, Cyprus, New Zealand, and Libya (7 years). 
 That’s since you were born. The last of six children. It's an interesting array of countries - for an English teacher. 
 I’ve gotta ask the obvious question: 
 Was Dad a spy? 
 There are other explanations, which we’ll explore, but it'd make sense if he was - your affiliation with the world of underlying forces from a formative age - your obsession with global politics ... 
 Next question would be: 
 Are you a spy? 
 The question after that would be: 
 Does Wellcome function as a spy organization? 
 Last question: 
 Which side are you on exactly? Totalitarianism or Freedom? 
 Final Last question: 
 What even is the politics of your average spy organization?