With "narrative" being a component of just about everything now, from political campaigns and advertising to college essays and weddings, do we really need M.I.T.'s new Center for Future Storytelling? Yes! say former Hollywood executives and media experts who have partnered on this effort to study if traditional ways of telling stories -- those with a beginning, middle and end -- and their ability to deliver meaning, are being eroded by the tsunami of media technology hitting audiences now. more>>