How can storytelling help us navigate the world around us? Writer Will Storr explores the science behind humanity’s most powerful tool.

Stories shape as well as reflect the world we live in, moulding our cultural identities, framing our politics and beliefs, and giving meaning to our experiences. Storytelling runs throughout our individual and collective lives, from our newspapers and our law courts to our religions, our song lyrics, and our teenage diaries. It’s out of these stories that our complex human culture has developed, and by delving into the science of storytelling, we can better navigate the world around us and our experiences in it.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 28th March 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/03/how-stories-make-us-who-we-are