This document discusses the changing role of storytelling over time. It contrasts how storytelling was traditionally used to share experiences and pass down wisdom between generations, versus today where experiences have lost their value and meaning from one generation to the next, providing nothing to tell and no moral guidance. It also briefly touches on the writing of J.M. Coetzee and themes around conscience in his works.

5. Nothing to tell No wisdom - no guidance No moral to live by

6. On writing and Reading A man of conscience A Stuntman A Christ figure?

7. Nothing is worse than what we can imagine. J. M. COETZEE, Waiting for the Barbarians