The Tribe with the Greatest Story Survives

Reflections from Moses to Mandela

Mark Watney
Nov 5 · 7 min read
Planet stories 1947fal.jpg (Public Domain)

According to Alex Argyros, a literary critic who has researched the connection between survival and story-telling, our ability as a species to create stories has catapulted us to the very top of the food chain. This is because stories enable us to do what no other animal can: create an endless number of scenarios about possible…

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Mark Watney

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English Professor at Sterling College KS.

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