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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Yuval Noah Harari thinks humans are unstoppable

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

What Really Rules Politics Is the Stories

Facts are important, but ultimately they don't control politics. The people don't unite around the facts. What really rules politics is the stories. If you want to be successful politically, you need to be a good storyteller. It's funny that we have this obsession with facts and truth as the linchpin of our liberal democratic society. But ultimately it's our fictions that drive us.

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