People are wired to understand story; our brains crave cohesiveness and narrative; they desire to connect the dots into something that makes sense. It’s why when we pick up on clues or little Easter eggs hidden throughout our favorite movies and books, it’s so satisfying when they all come together, when it all makes sense, when the thing we noticed in chapter one comes back to be important in the end. And it’s why we feel such deep dissatisfaction when stories don’t end well