
(04-20-2016, 09:57 AM)Telluride Wrote: I think I read about that button once in a novel called Brave New World.Also THIS, and Kudos for mentioning Huxley.
So, while going to the Feelies with a bunch of pneumatic go-getters might sound fun, there's no meat to it, no imagination, no flow of ideas. Â No personal development or real conflict can occur, and thus, there are no STORIES.
Conflict IS storytelling.
And Verad is right - the OED actually has some amazing stories associated with it. Lexicography is a fascinating subject for those who have an interest in where words and ideas actually come from, and how they mutate over time.
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