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Storytelling Is Timeless
- The Epic of Gilgamesh shows that basic narrative structures (quest, friendship, loss, growth) are timeless and recognizable today.
- Jack Wilson argues this continuity reveals storytelling is intrinsic to human psychology across millennia.
Writing As A Time Machine
- Writing transformed human life by preserving stories, moving us beyond administrative records to psychological insight.
- Wilson calls literature our closest thing to a time machine for understanding ancient minds and values.
Power Warps Leadership
- Gilgamesh interrogates how power shapes leaders and corrupts behavior when might becomes authority.
- Wilson connects the epic's dynamics to modern leaders who misuse power and struggle in peacetime roles.