0015) White HATS Black HATS - How stories affect our perception of good and evil

Adam and the Porcupine explain our tendency to view the world in simplistic binary "good vs. evil" terms. The way we see the world in narrative structures isn't arbitrary. It's how we evolved. It's how we think. The better we understand that fact, the more clearly we will see... everything.

00:00 – Intro
00:34 – Adam claims that humans literally think in a narrative structure. Always. And usually our stories are about good and evil in some respect.
03:15 – Tyrone brings up the neuroscience that supports the claim and talks about narrative structure. Why do "good" stories always follow a basic structure?
09:05 – Adam says "thunk". Tyrone fleshes out important elements of powerful narratives, the ones that inform the proper values for our nature.
13:00 – Adam talks about Ayn Rand's great example of crappy literature as an effort to destroy society.
17:54 – Adam touches on some important lessons to glean from this aspect of human nature.
19:47 -- Tyrone takes us home with a quote from the article (linked below).
21:05 -- Outro

Article mentioned: https://open.substack.com/pub/hamannature/p/white-hats-and-black-hats?r=2u0knv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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