2018년 9월 9일 일요일

The Evolutionary Value of Narrative

Listened to a fantastic new episode of the a16z podcast yesterday [here] about decision making - specifically concerning group or crowd-based decision making - and story telling. You all should check it out if you have time.

To give you a little taste, I'll leave you with my two favorite tidbits from the episode:

"Novels simulate alternative versions of our lives.

We spend an inordinate amount of time reading and watching fiction - things that we know are not true - because there is an incredible adaptive value in placing yourself into someone else's thought process in a given situation. In short, the evolutionary role of narrative of fiction is in expanding the individual ability to run parallel simulations of other peoples lives."

"Reading a good book makes the world feel larger."

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