The Sea We Swim In
How Stories Work in a Data-Driven World
“Neuroscientists tell us and politicians . . . well know how much more convincing a good story can be than an account that’s based on data. A good reason to learn more about the brain mechanisms that are activated by stories and the tricks that storytellers use, both of which are revealed by the digital anthropologist Frank Rose.”
— Corriere della Sera (Milan)
BUILDING ON INSIGHTS from cognitive psychology and neuroscience, ‘The Sea We Swim In’ shows us how to see the world in narrative terms, not as a thesis to be argued or a pitch to be made but as a story to be told. This is the essence of narrative thinking.
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