Human Connection and the Power of Storytelling
How stories satisfy our intrinsic need for connection and why storytellers have a responsibility to their readers.
At the core of humanity is the phenomenon of human connection, the ability to relate to the pain and joys of other people, those whom we know personally, and those that we don’t. Human connection is what informs our ability to empathize, experience freudenfreude, and feel indignance. It is certainly true in both actions and spirit, that “no man is an is…
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