We still tell stories, but now we tell them differently. They aren't transmitted orally anymore, at least not directly. We use media to tell stories. Books and magazines. Movies and television shows. And for the last two decades or so, we use social media.
One benefit of social media that I hadn't seen until now is the ability to allow ordinary people to tell stories again. The printing press was revolutionary, but it limited who could tell stories. Not everyone can write a book. The bar is even higher when it comes to movies and television. But telling stories via social media is something that almost anyone can do. There's still the question of access. You have to have a device that can connect to the internet and have access to the internet itself. And you have to know how to use those things in order to share your message. But those barriers are much more easily overcome than to have a movie produced.
There's also the question of who will listen, and how you get people to listen. But that's a separate issue.
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