The Value of Humor
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- 0:00 - Introduction
2:24 - Qualifier 1: The issue isn't a matter of absolutes
3:21 - Qualifier 2: My own, personal biases
4:25 - Value 1: Humor is a way of experiencing the joy of life itself
6:19 - Value 2: How humor expands our awareness
7:32 - Value 3: How humor fosters wisdom by deflating our self-seriousness
9:04 - Value 4: How humor fosters the humility to perceive reality as it is
11:47 - Value 5: How humor loosens social repression and fosters honesty
13:33 - Value 6: How humor safeguards a space for chaos, magic and the Dionysian
15:07 - Summary
16:34 - Humor's power to unsettle and challenge us
18:24 - Our eagerness to take offense... and our dictatorial impulses
19:59 - How free are we really? The Emperor's shlong is flopping in the wind!
Wonderful video. As I read one time about a student asking his buddhist master what he should do with his thoughts. He replied “whenever you have a thought, laugh at it!”
Glad u are making more videos. I love ur content sir.
Humor is one of life’s greatest gifts, and it’s so easy to take it for granted. When looking back on life, I often focus on the big, serious moments and forget about the little, brief moments I spent laughing and chuckling. But humor has helped me through so many situations where I’d otherwise feel a sense of nervousness and existential dread.
Thank you for reminding me of humor’s importance. I’ll make sure to show gratitude for every time I joke and laugh.
Some of my favourite intellectual writers include jokes and try to be humorous in their writing. I think this is crucial! It makes hard cold facts and intellectual challenging concepts much more enjoyable to go through rather than one long slog.
Woody Allen
Hinted at, but I would go one step further and say humor is a means of communion with the divine.
For all of religion's aims, they are fulfilled through laughter.
It's in a world like this one that humor is a luxury.
....and now I can hear the Imperial marbles, clacking in their bag ,as well. Thanks man.
Speaking of humor, your YT name is pretty funny!
@@ericdodson2644
Oh, the handle ?
Yeah, it just popped into my head a couple years back. The Solzenytzn influence I guess. Or even an overdose of Peterson, probably.
To hear Blake and Zappa referenced ( and Tool, for that matter) ,by you is something pleasantly surprising .Appreciate your work !
Regards,
Ron.
I love this lecture.
Great video, Babe! 💗 ❤️ 💕
Excellent content and timing.
More than amused.
thanks for the recent uploads
Welcome back. Bon retour!
I'm glad you're back
Many go the utilitarian route in defense of free speech, your existential approach carries more weight for me. Great perspective! Take care your soul and shlong
I missed u sir, was worried abt ur health
Something that I don’t see often in current comedic trends is the unbridled absurdity as exhibited by Steven Wright, MP’s Flying Circus, or Andy Kaufman. This is by far my favorite style of comedy. I see residual pockets of this kind of absurdity on the Internet and on adult swim shows, but not so much in the mainstream. Can you talk about how we as a society use and interpret absurd comedy? Many thanks!
You've been missed sir.
Chris Rock! "That's right, I said it!"
I feel large part of your humour is dictated by poetic sensibility. I think it would be great if you could do a video on " the value of poetic sensibility ", you are great at conveying wast meaning in few words and make us experience atheistic parts of life.
This is the reason we love you!!......However, I hasten to remind you that Rodney Dangerfield made a quite successful career out of making "farting noises" among others.....too good.
The offended breed a society of inability to cope with life’s challenges....it contributes to a real lack of resilience. Leads to victim hood I think. What happens when the number of victims outnumber those who don’t see themselves that way? How or who will get things done? Will there be a subset of victims outdoing each other in a race to the bottom of being more of a victim!?
What ever happened
To Sticks and Stones break bones but
Words cannot hurt you?
The last time I checked
Freedom of Speech included
Choice to not listen
Offended snowflakes
Would get offended for not
Getting offended