Why You Shouldn't Compromise Your Values to Be Funny and Gain Like a Billion in the Workplace

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"I am going directly against the advice of this. And I am suggesting that you should compromise your values and violate your moral standards to be funny," he says. "How many linguistic puns do I need inoffensive linguistic puns to gain a 9% increase in likability? That's what I'm looking for."

Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that was first published in Nature.

Plus, do you have low likability in the workplace? It could be because you’re too moral and therefore not that funny. But don’t worry, we have a solution that’ll help you increase your humor production and likability with no reduction in morality. All you have to do is listen!