# The dark side of storytelling

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@State Street Boston
- Speaker: Suzanne Duncan
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_duncan_the_dark_side_of_storytelling)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The dark side of storytelling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/suzanne_duncan_the_dark_side_of_storytelling/51067a8e33ca), 12 min (TED's player)