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The psychology of fiction with Jennifer Lynn Barnes

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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I Can't Stop Daydreaming if I Try.

The ability to generate fiction is actually part of what's made us successful as a species, says Harari. "I can't stop daydreaming if I try," he adds. It forms the basis for many of our decisions and it seems like this is uniquely human but also very essentially human"

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