Purpose and benefits

Story shifts perspective. When you can’t change the facts, story can change people’s feelings about the facts.
If experience is the best teacher, story is second-best. Story simulates real-life experience.
A story is a narration of events that simulates a visual, sensory, and emotional experience that feels significant for both the listener and the teller.
Subjective issues are often made worse when analysed and ‘corrected’ via objective reasoning tools.
Trust, faith, and loyalty are subjective judgments based on feelings and opinions derived from either personal experience or a believable story that simulates a personal experience.
In an ambiguous world, whoever tells the best story wins.