>A fictional world is readily graspable I've been reading "Sapiens" and one of the recurring themes is the idea humanity's success is built on the ability to c

>A fictional world is readily graspable I've been reading "Sapiens" and one of the recurring themes is the idea humanity's success is built on the ability to create useful fictions to bind large groups to a goal or cause. I think we are struggling with that in the first world as we give up religion without a clear replacement fiction that reassures people someone will be there if they get sick and when they die. In addition, we are discovering some groups have (for want of a better term) weaponized fiction to achieve their goals. I liked it all a lot better when that last sentence lived entirely in the fiction of people like Warren Ellis and not in reality. EDIT: Sapiens, not Simians.