Literature for a Changing Planet
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Claims that the apocalyptic disaster narrative dates back to the Epic of Gilgamesh and ties to the origin of extractive urban agriculture 4,000 years ago, argues for replacing lone-hero myths with stories of collective agency, and proposes mining historical genres (comedy, cyclical myths) plus modern tools—printing, podcasts, AI—to build circular narratives from re- concepts like regenerative and recycling. The method is literary-historical tracing and cultural analysis, noting surprisingly few collective-action models in the archive.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 4:30Circular Narratives
- 6:30Why Stories Matter
- 8:15Stories of Collective Agency
- 10:05Beyond the End of Stories
- 12:30Where do we go with stories
- 14:05Can technology help
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