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Beware the Power Paradigm
The end of the Enlightenment era, particularly marked by rationalism and empiricism, signals a shift in understanding the human experience. Postmodernists and various disciplines, including cognitive neuroscience and robotics, reveal that we perceive the world through structured narratives or stories, which shape our understanding. However, the postmodernists mistakenly interpreted this inherent storytelling as a narrative dominated by power dynamics. The argument posits that while the acknowledgment of storytelling is crucial, attributing power as the primary motivating force is a flawed and potentially harmful perspective.