Intro
Resonance is what happens when a story doesn’t merely “signal” meaning — it makes you experience it. The pattern fits life closely enough that you recognize yourself inside it.
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Critique
Why so much “good content” fails to resonate.
Signaling replaces substance
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Stakes without consequence
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Structure without necessity
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- Resonance requires coherence: actions follow values, outcomes follow choices.
- Depth requires pressure: contradictions are tested, not solved by speeches.
- Truth is felt when the story respects reality’s constraints.
Fix
How to build resonance on purpose.
Clarify the value hierarchy
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Make every choice cost something
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Design inevitability, not surprise
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Impact
Why resonance matters: a shared language for reality.
Stories that become memory
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Orientation under uncertainty
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Culture as moral skill
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