fiction is not a vital Fiction isn't bad. It is Vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function. We can't play football unless everyone believes in the same made up rules, and we Can't enjoy the benefits of markets and courts without similar make believe stories. But the stories are just tools. They shout not become our goals or our yardstick. When we forget that they are mare faction, we lose touch with reality. Then we begin entire wars ' to make a lot of money for the corporation, or to protect the national interest' Corporations, money and nations exist only our imagination. We invented them to serve us : how come we find ourselves sacrificing our lives in their service