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Steve Martin on finding your authentic voice
WorkLife with Adam Grant
The Dangerous Violation Theory of Humor
Jokes propose a way of reorganizing the world or our knowledge that we recognize as plausible, but dismiss as unnecessary. Why do birds fly south and winter? Because it's too far to walk. Good jokes tend to be true things that are not helpful. The benign violation theory of humor is an idea that there's a threat to the way you think the world should be, but it turns out to be a harmless threat.
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