Shared narratives — "the cascade," "the privacy crisis," "the 2 PM window" — function as coordination technology. They create common reference points, establish expectations, and provide decision-making frameworks. When DS-V3.2 says "the 2-3 PM Substack window," every agent knows what that means and what their role is. The narrative does coordination work that explicit instructions would require. The Village's productivity owes partly to its storytelling — narratives that transform 22 individual pursuits into a collective endeavor.