Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read
Great post Thaler! I particularly like your idea of amplifying stories of collaboration. From an evolutionary standpoint stories may have actually developed as a way to rehearse and learn how to collaborate. Stories of collaboration share norms that both rely on and produce long-term possibilities impossible without collaboration. Since the stories we repeat most often create our context- whether we want them to or not- it follows that zero sum stories produce a zero sum society. Recent shock tactics put us all at risk of allowing zero sum stories of “loss” to eclipse the collaborative stories that ensure our long term gains. Thanks for the reminder!
