Compelling Stories Make Us Vulnerable to Persuasion
4 min readJun 22, 2020
The pandemic, politics, and social protests make this a particularly volatile time–emotions are on edge and tension is high. This is a time when we are all vulnerable to embracing stories based on our emotions and fears–stories that confirm our beliefs and rationalize our behavior. When it comes to stories, we are all prisoners of our neural structures. Recognizing the innate power of storytelling and…