Can fiction shift our consciousness in a digital age?
In short: In this TED Interview, novelist Jennifer Egan discusses how storytelling navigates the complexities of technology, memory, and authenticity in our modern, data-driven world.
The video features an excerpt from The TED Interview, where author Jennifer Egan speaks with host Steven Johnson about her creative process. Having earned the 2011 Pulitzer Prize alongside the National Book Critics Circle Award for 'A Visit from the Goon Squad', Egan examines the ways fiction might alter human consciousness.
Her work often examines the intersection of human life and technology, such as the chapter in her award-winning novel told through PowerPoint. Her subsequent book, 'The Candy House', continues these investigations into memory and authenticity within a tech-driven society.
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