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We are evolved to respond to narratives - we find them compelling. For hundreds of thousands of years storytelling was the only way to accumulate knowledge in a society, by encoding understanding and technique in a form that could be reliably passed on through generations that didn't understand.
May 4, 2025, 6:11 PM
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