The Art of Storytelling

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I think there's definitely a reason that maybe the two greatest works of literature of all time didn't get written down for 400 years like the ilead and the odd odyssey. The storytelling aspect of it arguably has never been an equal story at least but I mean even if it's you can quibble about, he says.

Memory is highly selective and often inaccurate. But what if we had an easily searchable video record of all our experiences and interactions? How would that affect our relationships? What would it reveal about our characters and our sense of who we are? Is there a kind of truth that can’t be determined by perfect objectivity? David and Tamler dive deep into Ted Chiang’s amazingly rich and poignant short story “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” which explores how new technologies shape individual and group identities.

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