I would argue that we can do without stories if we choose to - most people don’t think about it, don’t see the value in it, and aren’t committed to doing so. S

I would argue that we can do without stories if we choose to - most people don’t think about it, don’t see the value in it, and aren’t committed to doing so. Stories are simply the path of least resistance for how our brains work - they satisfy something primal. It takes hard work to countermand that internal process.