&gt; People need a reason to feel important, and if someone comes along and tells them that there is some truth out there that the other suckers refuse to see or accept, it can be a seducing tale.<p>This is why most successful mainstream movies start with the main character waking up one day and suddenly discovering that they&#x27;re not like everyone else and they have some sort of special destiny.<p>It&#x27;s interesting that both Hollywood and Silicon Valley are built on the same sort of masturbatory stories, just with different facades for different audiences.