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The psychology of fiction with Jennifer Lynn Barnes
WorkLife with Adam Grant
Are Stories a Map or a Mirror?
There was a classic study, where they tracked achievement motivation imagery in children's stories. When children's stories had original achievement themes, 20 to 40 years later, the US patent rate spiked. You know, generation of kids grows up reading incredible stories about people accomplishing impossible things. Or culture's already moving in that direction, and so they reflect that kind of breakthrough achievement in their stories. Entirely possible.
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