# Narrative/Knowledge

The old stories are broken. This is about developing the narrative intelligence we need to build new ones.

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## [The Value Lock](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-value-lock)

_2026-07-09 · Simon Sticker_

Why everything is starting to sound the same — and what it's quietly costing us.

## [The Narrative Hourglass](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-narrative-hourglass)

_2026-06-25 · Simon Sticker_

Why the middle of community life is quietly emptying out — and what it would take to grow it back.

## [The Confession Gets Lost in the Mail](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-confession-gets-lost-in-the-mail)

_2026-06-04 · Simon Sticker_

What Alok Vaid-Menon Taught Me About Compassion as a Political Force

## [The map and the territory](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-map-and-the-territory)

_2026-05-28 · Simon Sticker_

Truth in the age of "alternative facts"

## [Stories Without Authors](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/stories-without-authors)

_2026-05-07 · Simon Sticker_

On accountability, empty voices, and the case for more authors

## [The Weight of the Cut](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-weight-of-the-cut)

_2026-04-23 · Simon Sticker_

On the hidden ethics of compressing real lives into stories.

## [The Goosebump You Can't Code](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-goosebump-you-cant-code)

_2026-04-16 · Simon Sticker_

Why Embodied Knowing Matters More Than Ever

## [The "More Human" Journalist](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-more-human-journalist)

_2026-04-09 · Simon Sticker_

Why the Future of Journalism Belongs to the Irreducibly Human

## [The 72-Hour Ultimatum](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-72-hour-ultimatum)

_2026-03-24 · Simon Sticker_

When Power Loses Its Capacity to Imagine

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_2026-03-24 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The Pillar and the Mycelium](https://simonsticker.substack.com/p/the-pillar-and-the-mycelium)

_2026-03-19 · Simon Sticker_

On the quiet collapse of journalism's founding metaphor