Stories unite us -- they give us shared narratives that make reality and its infinite mysteries coherent

So what happens when AI gives everyone on-demand stories uniquely tailored to them?

We lose the last shared fabric. Then we will reinvent bards / storytellers once again (but not before a period of great incoherence)

Tribalism is one of the only impulses we have that’s stronger than our urge to consume stories

It’s more fun to hear a personally relevant story that affirms in group identity than one that does not

So expect more us and them fantasies a la fox/msnbc than solo one-off individualized fever dreams