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Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story--but why? Gottschall offers a unified theory of storytelling, arguing that stories help us navigate life's complex social problems and that storytelling, like other behaviors, has evolved with time to ensure our survival.
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2021.
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English
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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...
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