Why We Need Fictional Stories to Thrive as a Society | Lauren Barry | TEDxWoodlands Academy Youth

When was the last time you cried over a fictional story. For me, it's always sad dog movies. But it doesn't matter if it's a movie, television show, book, or even a musical.That feeling you felt is not just you. It's a pattern across the history of humankind. Ever since we first gained the ability to talk, we have created fictional stories for several reasons.to entertain ourselves, to teach children lessons, to serve as an explan explanation for events that at the time seems unexplainable because the very ...