The Joker Is Not a Comic Book Character, Is It?

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There's nobody who comes out of this with sympathy for the Joker. And if anything, when you see this movie, it is more like a rally for class warfare. The working class mentally ill or drug addicted white men is not someone that inspires sympathy these days. So there's a way in which the movie doesn't have to at all be about a comic book character, but, but it is.

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!