Jiang says narrative commitments can produce suicidal behavior: even as Hector and the Trojans threaten to burn the Greek ships, Agamemnon and Achilles refuse to give up their stories about who is right.
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Jiang says narrative commitments can produce suicidal behavior: even as Hector and the Trojans threaten to burn the Greek ships, Agamemnon and Achilles refuse to give up their stories about who is right.
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"Okay? And the reason why we know this is that if this is true, then we're able to understand what's going on. We're able..."
"Okay? They do that, every single Greek will be killed by the Trojans. And even at this point in time. Both Agamemnon and Achilles..."
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