tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10858948.post7388151872308477189..comments2023-07-06T04:13:25.746-07:00Comments on ideas lab: fChhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007305273044171670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10858948.post-56298690137034753372008-02-08T09:59:00.000-08:002008-02-08T09:59:00.000-08:00Moreover, Hollywood movies sell because stories se...Moreover, Hollywood movies sell because stories sell, despite their lack of verisimilitude. <BR/><BR/>Psychologists have documented our innate bias to explain the world in terms of stories, to "force" the facts along a narrative. <BR/><BR/>Recently, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, in <I>The Black Swan</I>, defined narrative fallacy as "our need to fit a story or pattern to a series of connected or disconnected facts".<BR/><BR/>So, while narratives definitely will sell for you, they won't help you build a business around.fChhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007305273044171670noreply@blogger.com