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Will Storr

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Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

So what that meant was that writers were then getting bots to, you know, liken, you know, like... their essays. So they were gaming the thing. And so they changed it to, we are now going to reward writers who make the most money because that's the status game of Substack. Our purpose on this earth is to allow creators, especially writers, to make a living from their work. So that's our game.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

So from now on, we're going to reward you. We're going to reward the writers who earn the most money. And then it kind of fixed itself. They got their incentives correct and the game started to be being played correctly.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

So from now on, we're going to reward you. We're going to reward the writers who earn the most money. And then it kind of fixed itself. They got their incentives correct and the game started to be being played correctly.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

So from now on, we're going to reward you. We're going to reward the writers who earn the most money. And then it kind of fixed itself. They got their incentives correct and the game started to be being played correctly.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Yeah, I mean, so there are a few ways of sort of tackling that. I mean, you know, one of the ways is to kind of think, you know, go back to that idea of female aggression as we were just talking about with the venting and the co-rumination. And I feel, you know, I feel that the whole woke thing

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Yeah, I mean, so there are a few ways of sort of tackling that. I mean, you know, one of the ways is to kind of think, you know, go back to that idea of female aggression as we were just talking about with the venting and the co-rumination. And I feel, you know, I feel that the whole woke thing

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Yeah, I mean, so there are a few ways of sort of tackling that. I mean, you know, one of the ways is to kind of think, you know, go back to that idea of female aggression as we were just talking about with the venting and the co-rumination. And I feel, you know, I feel that the whole woke thing

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

thing the reputation destruction thing it just feels like a very kind of female heavy movement it kind of feels like a female style movement you know male aggression tends to be one-on-one out in the open and you could talk about toxic masculinity as being a bit, being a guy walking into the room, being very intimidating to people and pushing people around and bullying people.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

thing the reputation destruction thing it just feels like a very kind of female heavy movement it kind of feels like a female style movement you know male aggression tends to be one-on-one out in the open and you could talk about toxic masculinity as being a bit, being a guy walking into the room, being very intimidating to people and pushing people around and bullying people.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

thing the reputation destruction thing it just feels like a very kind of female heavy movement it kind of feels like a female style movement you know male aggression tends to be one-on-one out in the open and you could talk about toxic masculinity as being a bit, being a guy walking into the room, being very intimidating to people and pushing people around and bullying people.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Female aggression tends to be coalitional. It's the, it's the group against the one. There's a lot of behind the scenes gossip and it's about not physical, um, destruction, but reputation destruction. And so, so, so, so, so, so, you know, it, you can see the, the, the success of feminism, um,

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Female aggression tends to be coalitional. It's the, it's the group against the one. There's a lot of behind the scenes gossip and it's about not physical, um, destruction, but reputation destruction. And so, so, so, so, so, so, you know, it, you can see the, the, the success of feminism, um,

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Female aggression tends to be coalitional. It's the, it's the group against the one. There's a lot of behind the scenes gossip and it's about not physical, um, destruction, but reputation destruction. And so, so, so, so, so, so, you know, it, you can see the, the, the success of feminism, um,

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

the incredible rise in the power of women in society and culture kind of goes hand in hand with this new way that we're playing status games in the world. You know, wokeism and cancel culture being one of them. So that's one way that I kind of think about this. Kind of more technically, you know, there are a few things I write about in the stories I deal about, about how to kind of manage

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

the incredible rise in the power of women in society and culture kind of goes hand in hand with this new way that we're playing status games in the world. You know, wokeism and cancel culture being one of them. So that's one way that I kind of think about this. Kind of more technically, you know, there are a few things I write about in the stories I deal about, about how to kind of manage

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

the incredible rise in the power of women in society and culture kind of goes hand in hand with this new way that we're playing status games in the world. You know, wokeism and cancel culture being one of them. So that's one way that I kind of think about this. Kind of more technically, you know, there are a few things I write about in the stories I deal about, about how to kind of manage

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

times of reputation destruction, you know, what is a good apology? One of the things that's really interesting from evolutionary psychology is just how incredibly toxic the state of selfishness is. So because we're this tribal animal, we are this, you know, coalitional loving ape, you know, we form into these super organisms.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

times of reputation destruction, you know, what is a good apology? One of the things that's really interesting from evolutionary psychology is just how incredibly toxic the state of selfishness is. So because we're this tribal animal, we are this, you know, coalitional loving ape, you know, we form into these super organisms.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

times of reputation destruction, you know, what is a good apology? One of the things that's really interesting from evolutionary psychology is just how incredibly toxic the state of selfishness is. So because we're this tribal animal, we are this, you know, coalitional loving ape, you know, we form into these super organisms.

Modern Wisdom
#944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

What the story is always wanting us to do is to be selfless, is to put the group's interests first. before our own interests. So when you look in storytelling, generally, a hero is always somebody that puts the group before themselves, but somebody else before themselves. So selflessness is the essence of heroism universally. So courage in the face of crisis for the group.