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The dark side of storytelling

Suzanne Duncan · TED

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About

Suzanne Duncan is a story skeptic. She explains what happens when our protective imagination drives a false narrative. Sometimes, she says, the everyday stories we tell ourselves - and how we think about our role in those stories - can do more harm than good.

The talk

  1. The dark side of storytelling 12 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED@State Street Boston
Speaker
Suzanne Duncan
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
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