Omg thank you for these recommendations! Wow, so appreciative of your insights on this topic. It feels like such a niche topic, so it's always exciting to me when someone else notices these connections between myth-making and today's narrativizing of current events/culture.
I think it's seriously under-appreciated how much better at story…
Omg thank you for these recommendations! Wow, so appreciative of your insights on this topic. It feels like such a niche topic, so it's always exciting to me when someone else notices these connections between myth-making and today's narrativizing of current events/culture.
I think it's seriously under-appreciated how much better at story-telling humans are than rational analysis of facts, and thus how much more it's likely to influence our worldview than facts. My big question now is how we gain more awareness of this phenomenon in order to avoid the more destructive aspects of mythologizing reality gone wild. A lofty goal, for sure lol.
I'm really excited to check these sources out! Thanks for commenting and really glad you enjoyed the livestream; I might share my thoughts on some of what you shared in a subsequent one.
Omg thank you for these recommendations! Wow, so appreciative of your insights on this topic. It feels like such a niche topic, so it's always exciting to me when someone else notices these connections between myth-making and today's narrativizing of current events/culture.
I think it's seriously under-appreciated how much better at story-telling humans are than rational analysis of facts, and thus how much more it's likely to influence our worldview than facts. My big question now is how we gain more awareness of this phenomenon in order to avoid the more destructive aspects of mythologizing reality gone wild. A lofty goal, for sure lol.
I'm really excited to check these sources out! Thanks for commenting and really glad you enjoyed the livestream; I might share my thoughts on some of what you shared in a subsequent one.
Grateful for your support 🙏