A brief dialog (YouTube excerpt) discussing how storytelling can 'hack' human biology by shaping emotions and interpretation of facts. Speakers argue that stories influence both others and oneself by constructing narrative frames that steer emotions (hope vs. fear) and thereby affect persuasion and sharing.
We can actually hack our biology with storytelling. And it's actually phenomenal what it can do for us when we get really good at it. And so we can persuade, we can influence, we can do all kinds of things with other people's biology when we tell really good stories.
Yeah, I think that's a really interesting thing to think about. Like, your interpretation of the facts, the. The emotional cast of them is having an effect on you as well as the people that you share it with. But it starts in your own head, right? Like, you start with something happens and you think about something, and then you start to put it together in a way without even realizing, you're starting to construct a story. And your emotions could be going this way or that way, depending on your hope or fear.
