This is so true! I am rarely impressed by movie versions of my favorite books. On a related note, I have been reading Judea Pearl's new book, "The book of Why"

This is so true! I am rarely impressed by movie versions of my favorite books. On a related note, I have been reading Judea Pearl's new book, "The book of Why" (truly wonderful book incidentally). I think that stories must, in some way, help us learn counterfactual reasoning. That is, help us create alternate versions of reality to conduct "what if" experiments in our mind.