Today’s discussion starts off with an investigation of storylines and narratives. Are storylines a necessity for the human species, perhaps an element that is intrinsic to our DNA? What role do they serve in furthering our evolutionary progress to a new paradigm, and how often are they at odds with such progress? Do storylines have an expiration date at which they outlive their usefulness and then require a new narrative to take over? Helping us to answer some of these questions we are joined by the renowned author, researcher, and futurist Kingsley Dennis. This deeply informative discussion moves on to explore such matters as the price of excessive individualism and the spirit of play. https://kingsleydennis.com/Kingsley L. Dennis, PhD, is a sociologist, researcher, and writer. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books including The Phoenix Generation, New Consciousness for a New World, Struggle for Your Mind, After the Car, and the celebrated Dawn of the Akashic Age (with Ervin Laszlo). He is coauthor of the study “New Media for a New Future: The Emerging Digital Landscape for a Planetary Society” produced as part of the Fuji Declaration for the Goi Peace Foundation, in collaboration with the renowned global think tank the Club of Budapest.Kingsley also runs a self-publishing imprint called Beautiful Traitor Books, and is now writing books for the children’s market. His first children’s book is called Mundus Grundy: Trouble in Grundusland. Kingsley currently serves as Director of Publications for the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research.