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Originally Posted by ChiGeekGuest
This way of framing the OP's questions is interesting & valuable to me personally ~ it's like taking the Native American proverb, "Those who tell the stories rule the world" to another level. The times, circumstances & resources (including information) available to Humanity were obviously different when the axiom was first formulated than those of the present day. The typical life span of an individual was shorter than present day. Folks may have lived shorter lives however seemed to think more of future generations in decision-making, planning, focus on long term goals v short term, sustainability, & so on. (Seventh generation principles)
Technological advances make many things possible in the present day than were more likely not back then. The individual (or family) that left their place of birth was the outlier.
Powerful stories may have indeed induced folks to move to the 'New World' however these were related by 'word of mouth' & when by something more concrete, took much longer to relay the message. I don't think it would be a mistake to claim that folks believed the stories to be true? Otherwise they wouldn't have risked leaving what they 'knew' for the unknown however possibly better.
'Going home again' if things were not as the stories claimed presented challenges. People perhaps had to 'invest' more in their belief of the stories.
Stories are still important in the present day, we have more stories & more mediums with which to present; the transfer time of information (stories) is nearly instantaneous. We simply know more now. Who tells the best stories?
"Those who tell the stories rule the world" is as true now as it was back then.
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Yes..you see it all day....every day--people attempting to grab control of the narrative...to thrust their views upon the world..with an eye on effecting real world change...based on that narrative.
The arm wrestling you see on C-D..reflects that, in a microcosm.
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