Thank you for the source, I have read the article.

Yes, nice stories are made up and in particular the trend of "saving the world and being a do-gooder" is used. "Here a problem: there the solution." "Do you want to be one of the good guys or the bad guys?"

A cheap trick, in my opinion. But it works excellently and uses people's deep dependence on a social group. Which hardly exists as such in real, tangible life. The clan, the tribe, the extended family are a thing of the past. The mantra of collectivism has taken its place.

In this virtual advertising world, the view into the past is glorified just like the view into the future and the present is always something that has to improve, a promise of "more goodness, humanity, cleanliness, security and wealth".

However, the promises do not really materialise and remain as "yet to be achieved". Now merely with other guiding figures. Whereas it used to be the celebrity and superstar, now it is supposedly the girl, the man next door.
The stories themselves become humbler, in line with the zeitgeist they themselves have created, but it does not change the facts and functions of commerce.

The beautiful simple country life, the cosy business culture, it is only possible for a few who are classy as figureheads. The rest of us, who can't afford our own piece of land, cram ourselves into the big cities and talk ourselves into "staying away from nature" to protect it.

I just brushed upon the wiki entry, there is lot to be read of other aspects of storytelling which I began to prefer myself.

Looking back at ones own life, in particular when you get older, it's a form of becoming and staying real, if you have collected real time stories and adventures yourself. Just the imagination that my life would mostly consist of being in front of a screen, there would nothing be left to tell.

Greetings to you