Sit'll Never Be in Theatres

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Meryl street character went so far into the baga world o of an overstatement thati was like, come on, ias hittin us over the head with a club. And then the jeff bazos character, i guess that's who that was supposed to be, or stand in for, ye, the billionaire industrialist that's going to take advantge of those go on it. But anyway, soy i thoght, that was unfortunate, although it was entertaining. Sit was amazing how many big stars they had in that, in that film a and so it's that they can get that many for something like that, that's just a streaming film.

Humans are storytelling animals. Stories are what make our societies possible. Countless books celebrate their virtues. But Jonathan Gottschall, an expert on the science of stories, argues that there is a dark side to storytelling we can no longer ignore. Storytelling, the very tradition that built human civilization, may be the thing that destroys it.

In The Story Paradox, Gottschall explores how a broad consortium of psychologists, communications specialists, neuroscientists, and literary quants are using the scientific method to study how stories affect our brains.

In this conversation based on his new book, Gottschall reveals why our biggest asset has become our greatest threat, and what, if anything, can be done. It is a call to stop asking, “How we can change the world through stories?” and start asking, “How can we save the world from stories?”