Delighted to announce my next SCIENCE OF STORYTELLING LIVE! masterclass, on character and plot. Containing lots of new ideas not featured in the bestselling book. Now EXCLUSIVE to full subscribers of my weekly newsletter You Are A Story. May 28th 6pm LINK BELOW!

@TLNewmanMTL Courtesy of @wstorr

This is not funny

City Hall buffs will love this gem from @wstorr's "The Status Game…" In the 1950s US car manufactures sold the notion that longer cars indicated status. “Robert Wagner, the mayor of NY declared they’d be buying no more Cadillacs until they were shrunk, only to be defied...

I'm delivering a series of lectures on the psychology of morality from Nov 5-7. If you'd like to attend, please apply here: https://t.co/UGHRcsYedq @petersonacademy

“When I first visited the US, I still thought I could be a great writer. The euphoria of Manhattan’s skyline. Ambition rumbling under avenues. All that shite.” ✍️

If someone can write a piece arguing that Wood by @taylorswift13 is philosophically identical to Big Bottom by @SpinalTap I would like to read it, thank you

"As Homo sapiens, we have been earth’s apex predator for around 100,000 years. But for far, far longer – around 4 million years – our evolution was shaped by the fact of our being prey." @wstorr https://t.co/dAGay76vQR

@GurpriyaSidhu Something that beautifully complements this is @wstorr 's observation in his book, 'The Status Game': "human beings want to get along and get ahead" Soo much conflict within that tension

It's just status games all the way down, even New Age mumbo jumbo. Thank you, @wstorr.

Every successful leader, marketer, or entrepreneur is, at heart, a great storyteller. Storytelling is not just an art—it’s a science, grounded in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral design. –Will Storr (@wstorr) https://t.co/GNK5bM58U5 via @nireyal

Thanks for all the replies to this, even the hostile ones. I've learned a lot and have a lot to think about. Unfortunately I can't begin to reply to all of them. For a deeper treatment of how I think about many of these issues, see here:

My magnum opus - a unified field theory of why the post-literate society is a catastrophe for civilisation as we know it https://t.co/V0xxKeS8MJ

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One of the best books I’ve ever read. Shout out to @DylanoA4 for the book recommendation

This week's essay is on the creative's greatest enemy - themselves https://t.co/8BMpAzt0tV

Why do we watch sport? It is commonly said that it is because of the beauty of athletic performance. In reality, sport taps into our natural interest in status games. This explains many of the seemingly surprising aspects of how we consume it. (link in comment)

The damage done to local news by senior managers at Reach is a scandal. They’ve also tricked young, aspiring journalists into being something else.

This week's essay is free to read for all: on midlife, the illusion of freedom and life becoming a trap https://t.co/XTvWULv7yU

Our new research finds that people are willing to cheat if it benefits their group — even when they gain nothing themselves. "The key implication is that the risk of dishonesty in organizations is not limited to selfish acts by individuals. A hidden risk may come from

I’m excited to announce that my Substack is evolving. As much as I’ve enjoyed writing about the psychology of storytelling - a subject that remains an obsession - I was beginning to find it a bit limiting. So I’ve decided to change the name of my publication, to allow myself to