Martin Puckner
Harvard literary scholar and author of Culture, The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop; teaches at Harvard and researches global cultural history and the preservation of artistic traditions.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 30min
We're Living Through a Storytelling Revolution
Martin Puckner, a Harvard literary scholar who studies how cultures preserve stories. Kevin Ashton, technologist who coined IoT and explores storytelling's role in human change. They discuss how stories shaped language and minds. They trace technology-driven storytelling revolutions from caves to smartphones. They argue cultural survival needs storage, borrowing, and humility.
