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We're drowning in information but starving for meaning. Every day, we're bombarded with approximately 34GB of data—equivalent to watching 34 hours of Netflix in a single day. Yet how much of this information actually sticks? How much of it changes us in any meaningful way? Almost none of it. Unless, of course, it comes wrapped in a story.
This isn't just a marketing trick or a quirk of human psychology. It's a survival mechanism as old as our species itself. As I discovered while listening to a recent episode of the Heliox podcast, "The Power of Storytelling," our evolution as humans is inextricably linked to our ability to tell and understand stories.
Early humans weren't particularly impressive physical specimens. We weren't the strongest, fastest, or most naturally armed creatures on the savanna. What we did have was the ability to cooperate at an unprecedented scale.
This is where storytelling enters the evolutionary picture. As Carl Alviani, founder of Protagonist Studio, points out in the podcast, storytelling isn't just entertainment—it's a survival skill that allowed our ancestors to: ... continue reading the article
The Science Behind Storytelling
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING: HOW NARRATIVES SHAPE OUR LIVES
The power of narrative: Storytell
This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy
Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.
Thanks for listening today!
Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world.
We hope you continue exploring our other podcasts, responding to the content, and checking out our related articles on the Heliox Podcast on Substack.
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Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.
http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs
Curated, independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidenced-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19. Since 2017, it has focused on Covid since Feb 2020, with Multiple Stores per day, hence a large searchable base of stories to date. More than 4000 stories on COVID-19 alone. Hundreds of stories on Climate Change.
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast is a news organization with the advantages of deeply rooted connections within our local community, combined with a provincial, national and global following and exposure. In written form, audio, and video, we provide evidence-based and referenced stories interspersed with curated commentary, satire and humour. We reference where our stories come from and who wrote, published, and even inspired them. Using a social media platform means we have a much higher degree of interaction with our readers than conventional media and provides a significant amplification effect, positively. We expect the same courtesy of other media referencing our stories.
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We're drowning in information but starving for meaning. Every day, we're bombarded with approximately 34GB of data—equivalent to watching 34 hours of Netflix in a single day. Yet how much of this information actually sticks? How much of it changes us in any meaningful way? Almost none of it. Unless, of course, it comes wrapped in a story.
This isn't just a marketing trick or a quirk of human psychology. It's a survival mechanism as old as our species itself. As I discovered while listening to a recent episode of the Heliox podcast, "The Power of Storytelling," our evolution as humans is inextricably linked to our ability to tell and understand stories.
Early humans weren't particularly impressive physical specimens. We weren't the strongest, fastest, or most naturally armed creatures on the savanna. What we did have was the ability to cooperate at an unprecedented scale.
This is where storytelling enters the evolutionary picture. As Carl Alviani, founder of Protagonist Studio, points out in the podcast, storytelling isn't just entertainment—it's a survival skill that allowed our ancestors to: ... continue reading the article
The Science Behind Storytelling
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING: HOW NARRATIVES SHAPE OUR LIVES
The power of narrative: Storytell
This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy
Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.
Thanks for listening today!
Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world.
We hope you continue exploring our other podcasts, responding to the content, and checking out our related articles on the Heliox Podcast on Substack.
Support the show
About SCZoomers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1632045180447285
https://x.com/SCZoomers
https://mstdn.ca/@SCZoomers
https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app
Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.
http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs
Curated, independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidenced-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19. Since 2017, it has focused on Covid since Feb 2020, with Multiple Stores per day, hence a large searchable base of stories to date. More than 4000 stories on COVID-19 alone. Hundreds of stories on Climate Change.
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast is a news organization with the advantages of deeply rooted connections within our local community, combined with a provincial, national and global following and exposure. In written form, audio, and video, we provide evidence-based and referenced stories interspersed with curated commentary, satire and humour. We reference where our stories come from and who wrote, published, and even inspired them. Using a social media platform means we have a much higher degree of interaction with our readers than conventional media and provides a significant amplification effect, positively. We expect the same courtesy of other media referencing our stories.