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Category Archives: Narrative
Why Do Journalists Love To Focus On Legacy?
Journalists love the word “legacy” because it is the easiest storytelling device they have. Political journalism runs on narrative. Legacy gives reporters a simple frame: history will judge this moment. Instead of describing a messy present, they tell a story … Continue reading
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Who Can Narrate?
David Pinsof, along with David O. Sears and Martie G. Haselton, introduced the Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems in their 2023 paper “Strange Bedfellows” (Psychological Inquiry). The core argument is that political belief systems are not primarily coherent philosophies … Continue reading
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The Most Exciting But Mostly Bogus Narratives
People prefer emotionally satisfying stories to truth. Narratives gain power by meeting needs and most people don’t need global truths. Consider: The Great Wall from Space There is a profound sense of pride in the idea that human engineering has … Continue reading
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How Storytelling Shapes Happiness, Meaning, and Success
Narrative gives structure to experience. It’s how we turn chaos into meaning. Without story, life is just a sequence of events. With story, there’s purpose, coherence, and direction. But like in court, narrative can both clarify and deceive. When I … Continue reading
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The Human Need For Narratives
We love emotionally satisfying stories, but many, if not most emotionally satisfying stories about public issues are distorting our understanding of reality. Is this true? What are some examples? Grok says: Yes, it’s likely true that emotionally satisfying stories about … Continue reading
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Who Determines The Winning Narrative? (6-16-24)
01:00 Who determines the winning narrative? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15558303:00 Christian nationalism as niche construction, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15545905:00 LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM10:00 Electronic Intifada: How the Gaza genocide will lead to Israel’s collapse, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7qO9fGYZA41:20 Dooovid joins, https://x.com/RebDoooovid42:00 The stories we tell … Continue reading
What Determines The Winning Narrative?
“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” (Thucydides) The dominant determine our dominant narratives. When the dominant change, our narratives change. We have different narratives under Donald Trump than under Joe Biden or Barack … Continue reading
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Discourse, Reality, and the Culture of Combat
Historian John A. Lynn wrote in 2005: Historians need to differentiate between the reality of war and die way in which a culture conceives of war: between the concrete and the conceptual. At die conceptual pole, the term ‘discourse’ signifies … Continue reading