The Hero’s Journey

One of my favorite bloggers… Barry Ritholz.

https://ritholtz.com/2021/09/misunderstanding-narratives-the-heros-journey/

“A hero who goes on a great adventure, where a great challenge awaits; confronted with a crisis, the Hero has a crucial realization, allowing him to emerge victorious, returning home transformed by the experience. This is a great structure for creative works, as it sets up the narrative in 3 parts, including the exciting climax, with a denouement to wrap up the loose ends.”

The only problem is this is not how the world actually operates.

Global events are created by an endless series of incremental decisions, actions, reactions, reconfigurations. Even when great decisive events take place — the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand or the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor — they are the result of countless small predecessor events.“