# Load Bearing Fiction There are fictions that we collectively tell ourselves that allow societies to function. * Concept from [[Eric Weinstein]] * Example in [21: Ashley Mathews (aka Riley Reid) - The mogul and brains behind America’s Sweetheart — The Portal — Overcast](https://overcast.fm/+TYXIL1SPI/29:50) - attitudes towards sex - we aren’t supposed to have an accurate picture of human sexuality <!-- #mental-model --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Load+Bearing+Fiction) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Load+Bearing+Fiction)