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(Published on NewScientist‘s CultureLab; John Bickle and Sean Keating, contributors; Original article here) We’re hard-wired to turn our lives into stories – how will we cope with the dizzying digital fictions of the future, ask John Bickle and Sean Keating “We are our narratives” has become a popular slogan. “We” refers to our selves, in the full-blooded person-constituting sense. “Narratives” refers to the stories we tell about our selves and our exploits in settings as trivial as cocktail parties and as serious as intimate discussions with loved ones. We express some in speech. Others we tell silently to ourselves, in …

One of our favorite prophets on narrative and why narrative is still worth considering. David Antin, On Narrative: The Beggar and the King (Part One) David Antin, On Narrative: The Beggar and the King (Part Two) David Antin, On Narrative: The Beggar and the King (Part Three) And read more on Why Narrative Is Still Worth Talking About [pdf]