Is fantasy not embedded in cultures older than ours? I think it is, maybe in various ways. I believe it's our "ultra-individualism" that mixes with characteristics such as fantastical thinking to create the good and the ugly that the U.S. has been.
Is fantasy not embedded in cultures older than ours? I think it is, maybe in various ways. I believe it's our "ultra-individualism" that mixes with characteristics such as fantastical thinking to create the good and the ugly that the U.S. has been.
In his fascinating book SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND, Yuval Noah Harari calls many of humans' inventions--like religion, corporations, and money--fiction. I find that revelatory because it means we can reimagine and change those fictitious narratives.
Is fantasy not embedded in cultures older than ours? I think it is, maybe in various ways. I believe it's our "ultra-individualism" that mixes with characteristics such as fantastical thinking to create the good and the ugly that the U.S. has been.
One could argue, although many might disagree, that all of Religion is fantasyland. So, it is not JUST the United States mired in fantasy.
It is most of humanity.
In his fascinating book SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND, Yuval Noah Harari calls many of humans' inventions--like religion, corporations, and money--fiction. I find that revelatory because it means we can reimagine and change those fictitious narratives.