Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that makes us human.

Terry Pratchett
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The idea that fantasy is a key to being human is an old one, but it’s worth restating. We are able to envisage our world in many different ways because we have the ability to imagine things that don’t exist. We can imagine winning a fight and we can imagine having a lot of money. And we can imagine things that do exist – we can imagine the sun coming up or going down, for example – and we can imagine things that don’t exist – such as the world being flat.

Fantasy is an essential part of human life and is one of the most creative skills we possess. It’s also the most creative skill that most people lack.

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