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The Storytelling Animal
Jonathan Gottschall · 2012
"Gottschall argues humans are wired for story the way birds are wired for flight — fiction is not escapism but the mind's flight simulator for social life, letting us rehearse intentions and consequences at low cost."
Gottschall opens with a simple number: humans spend a huge share of waking life inside stories — daydreams, novels, gossip, games — far more than any other species.
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