What Do We Want? Slow, Gradual Legal Change?

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The one thing i bydon had going for him that hilary denont was clear defined villain. And when you have a clearly defined villain, these are the narratives that tend to be most dangerous and also most compelling to most people. Tens of millions of americans, i believe these stories. It's not fringe at all. Yat would surprise me. I thought we'd go away once a attorney general barr said, you know, we looked into it with the resources of the entire department of justice the united states, and we didn't find any fraud. But then on the fateful day of january sixth, mike pen said, no, i'm not, i'm

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?”