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The Power of Dreams

Talks with a personal dimension. Shane McCorristine thinks that people are losing out by no longer talking about their dreams, in contrast to their ancestors.

Shane McCorristine thinks we are losing out by no longer talking about our dreams, in contrast to our ancestors.

"This collapse in the democratic dream-archive may well have implications for the historians of the future, who will have little access to the most amazing stories of our innermost fears and desires."

Producer: Sheila Cook.

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Wed 2 Sep 201520:45
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