The problem of too much storytelling by polticians and corporations who never take responsibility for ending the tales of hope and change they tell.
The power of stories
Stories are powerful and yet organisations push them out thru media and workshops without really thinking about what happens to them.
Politicians and CEO’s like the rush of attention and excitement they get from telling stories of new things being funded or innovative products being made but they leave without caring if the things are built or the products deliver.
The mulch of angry regrets
The danger of unended stories is that they rot into resentments that right-wing politicians can focus and exploit.
All those stories of great futures and brilliant change become the mulch for regrets, anger and blame.
The responsibility of The End
Storyending is responsibility.
Saying that a manifesto promise or a design fiction will never happen and explaining why.
To say Storytelling is powerful is to also take responsibility for Storyending.
Tell the story to its actual ending and say The End to the audience you originally told it to.
Storyending
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