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Wednesday’s News & Ideas - 3/4/2026

  • Southerners less religious
  • Non-Muslims in Iran
  • Church protestors prosecuted
  • Ancestral veneration is American
  • Enslaver’s property yields graves
  • The technological evolution of storytelling

 

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From myth to machine: The technological evolution of storytelling
Throughout history, the ability to tell increasingly believable stories has become available to more people. Kevin Ashton says that’s a blessing and a curse in Big Think.

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