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Tales / geschichten
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Someone asked, “What’s the story of the stories?”
SAH made a sweeping gesture and looked around.
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Jemand fragte: „Was ist die Geschichte der Geschichten.“
SAH machte eine ausladende Geste sah sich um.
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Stories are the threads of the mind from which it spins worlds, where truth gets caught in their webs.
The value of money, for example, is based on the collective belief in the story that a piece of paper, a coin, or a number on an account can have the equivalent value of a house, a meal, or a service. Property, laws, and national borders exist because people have agreed on these stories. Trust in laws, justice, and morality is based on the story that these systems are fair.
The ability to tell stories that many believe in can influence societies and their development.
The story you tell yourself determines the direction of your own life path.
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