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Stories abstract away details and present a simplified version of reality. Storytellers shape history and popular opinion more than the actual facts.

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Stories map onto existing archetypes and the real world. They compress information for humans to convey and remember. Stories are a high level language for programming people.

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If you haven't already read Gödel, Escher, Bach, you should. It's analogyporn with computers.

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One of my favorite books, in part because I just have to marvel at the effort of creating it with all of its nooks and crannies…

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Like many, I’ve read it, but not completely.

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