The genre of the lived adventure features innumerable specific tales: travel; rollercoaster rides; sport; gambling; etc. (the list is endless). The thrill, and the greater prize of a life story, may be experienced directly or vicariously. (In the interests of full disclosure: When my soccer team, Chelsea FC, at last [and against improbable odds] attained the “holy grail” by becoming champions of Europe, in a don’t-dare-to-watch penalty kick shootout, my wife expected my reaction to be an unleashing of ecstatic euphoria. Instead, I sat with uncanny calmness, “reasoning” that, since I “shared”
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