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Will Storr

Will Storr is a British author and journalist whose work explores storytelling, psychology, identity, belief and status. His notable books include Selfie, The Science of Storytelling and The Status Game. A Sunday Times bestselling writer, he has also won Amnesty International and One World awards for his human-rights reporting.

Biografía y Trayectoria del Autor

In public biographies, Will Storr’s formal education is not foregrounded; the version of his early formation that emerges instead is of an English writer shaped less by an advertised academic pedigree than by practical apprenticeships in photography, reporting and longform journalism. Before becoming best known as an author of ideas, he worked as a photographer and reporter, publishing in outlets including the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Observer, The New York Times and The New Yorker. That reporting took him across Latin America, Africa and remote Aboriginal communities in Australia, and it brought major recognition, including Amnesty International and One World awards for work on sexual violence against men, as well as an AIB award for a BBC documentary. ((https://janklowandnesbit.co.uk/authors/will-storr))

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Humans are innately driven to want to connect with other humans
-The Deal for Connection
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The human umwelt is story. We are the only species on Earth who process reality in the form of narrative
-Umwelt
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The core function of storytelling is to create a sense of shared reality
-Superorganism
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Storybeing simply recognises that a story isn’t something that we just tell; story is what we do
-Storybeing and Leadership
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That identity, our sense of morals, is of massive importance to us. People will often die on behalf of it
-Identity and Morality
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Brains are these prediction machines; they’re always trying to predict what’s going to happen next in the story of our lives
-How to Be a Better Storyteller
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Our storytelling brains are not interested in finding out what the truth is, they’re interested in defending the story that we tell about the world
-In Conversation with Will Storr
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The toxic lie that our culture gives us is that we can be anyone we want, do anything we want, but that’s never been true
-Selfie: new book explores how we became so self-obsessed
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I always want to become invisible to them
-Writing Revealing Stories Based on Unreliable Sources

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Voces de la Comunidad

"Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas"

The Times

"Will Storr is an unusually talented and insightful writer, and his book is about to change the way you communicate"

Adam Grant

"I've come to consider Will Storr the best writer out there on human experience and psychology"

Sophie Scott

"Will Storr is one of my favourite writers. He's whip smart, insightful and ridiculously entertaining"

Jimmy Carr

"Will Storr crafts an entertaining history of the self, from Narcissus to Kardashian to Trump"

Observer

"Will Storr has written a masterful guide to writing"

Big Think

"Will Storr is a genius. I would happily read a shopping list by him"

Rory Sutherland

"Will Storr has written an essential book for understanding, and coping with, the 21st century"

Nathan Hill

"Both veteran and budding storytellers will learn a great deal from Will Storr's pages"

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