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title: "Storytelling"
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author: ["Shawn Borton"]
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description: "Or how to preserve civilization"
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date: 2026-01-21T09:44:00-06:00
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A quote I posted a long time ago and seems more relevant by the hour...
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> Storytelling is how we're moved to take care of each other when we recognize how extremely thin the veneer of civilization we cherish is, and how very hard it is to keep that veneer from shredding in the wind.
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-- Barry Lopez; [Poets & Writers Live](https://ww.pw.org/live); October 17, 2015; Portland, Oregon
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