Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world
The TED Interview
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The Screaming Sequence
Alfred sees screaming as a harmless way to create an environment where he can elicit extreme reactions. He delightedly reflects that it's the faces around him look like the faces of fellow passengers on a plane heading directly into the sea, and he's elated. "What happens if you want to always see unmediated reactions? That can become a kind of compulsion unto itself"
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