Storytelling in the Age of the Internet,
New Technologies, Data,
Artificial Intelligence

24 authors talk about contemporary storytelling

Steve Jobs

Apple Founder

"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda for an entire generation that is to come"

Michael Margolis

Technologist

"If you want to learn about a CULTURE, listen to the stories. If you want to change the culture, change the stories"

Howard Gardner

Psychologist

"Stories constitute the single most powerful weapon in a LEADER's arsenal."

Patrick Rothfuss

Writer

"It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head... We build OURSELVES out of that story."

Description

The purpose of this anthology is to provide an overview of the themes-universe under which storytelling is labeled today. Storytelling has gained increasing attention for a variety of purposes, from literature, science, technology, education, leadership to marketing. Storytelling has seen many technological disruptions since the dawn of humanity. From people sitting at the campfire, listening together to stories, to the internet which enables global audiences, and technologies like AR and VR with new user experiences up to immersiveness.

What about this question: Does storytelling influence the lives of billions of people like the smartphone, robots, graphene-based batteries, nuclear-fusion, deep learning?

24 authors voice their views of their angle of storytelling.