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Stories Are A Tool, And Tools Can Be Deadly

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The Necessity of Stories

Almost all stories are bad things happen. Bad things happen, and then a good thing happens at the end. The villain predominates in that formula. And this is why i'm tempted to rename our species homo fictus. Thisis my sort of humble recommendation. But noone's taken me up on this. That's why it's humble. It's not humble, just ignored. Exactly. Why do you think in syphi, the ratio of distopias to utopias, there are a couple star treckes are arguably one? Whyis the ratio of something like nine to one? Ah, i think utopias boring.

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