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Probably because most of those don't line up with how humans experience the world. Storytelling has a long history in the human experience, while haiku or epigrams aren't really the sort of thing one can "wrap" a life around.

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Humans experience the world as a story, but that is not necessarily the most human way to wrap a life around as you are implying. In some cases there are more powerful frameworks. For example Hitler is wrapped (by most of the world at least) around the damage and pain he caused not around his story. Stories are mostly fine, but thinking that we should strive for that to being the main perspective is limiting.

> For example Hitler is wrapped (by most of the world at least) around the damage and pain he caused not around his story.

Isn't this exactly part of Hitler's story though? I think I'm misunderstanding what your concept of "story" means.

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