the.com/narrative
the lie we agree on so reality stops being a pile of random events
means A narrative is a structured account of connected events, told to make them cohere into a story with shape and meaning.
from From Latin narrare, 'to tell, relate,' which is itself a cousin of gnarus, 'knowing'—both reaching back to the same ancient root that gives us 'know.' To narrate, then, was originally to make-known, to render events into something graspable. The word arrived in English through French narratif by the 15th century, carrying its quiet claim intact: to tell is to know, or at least to look like you do.
survival toolhumans recall stories far better than raw facts
brain defaultminds invent cause-and-effect even where none exists
war tacticcontrolling the narrative wins fights before weapons fire
market forcestock prices move on stories, not just numbers
oldest techpredates writing by tens of thousands of years