i wanted to talk just briefly, if we could, about the power that hollywood has. One of the biggest social revolutions to occur a in the recent decades is a complete, shocking, flabergastingly fast conversion of our views on homosexuality and gay marriage. And they give t v al of the credit. Shows like will and grace, a show's like schitz creek, a shits creek is example of a show that i've watched recently which completely normalizes gay life.
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?”