Yes, we're all storytellers. But not good ones.

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Let's face it: your life story could use a little spicing up.

Here’s one way to think about the arc of social development in a society: Over time, the range of possible stories one can tell about oneself increases. Think about who you are now, and what it would have been like for you to be that person a hundred years ago—or even before the rise of the internet. The set of stories you could have chosen to tell about yourself would have been far more limited. Sexual identity is a case in point. If you were gay in 1960s America or Victorian England or even today in a country with antiquated laws around sexuality and identity, then you would face severe…

Yes, we're all storytellers. But not good ones.

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