"Creative people defend the world from predictability, one idea at a time."
Sally Hogshead
As I hunt for the answers to the secrets of humor, I am continually delighted by the visual display of it.
Humor is much more transparent when it is visually displayed. It may not always engage, delight, or even be noticed if there isn't a subjective feeling associated with the concept, however, by illustrating humor, we immediately know if it is or isn't offensive.
Teaching children that people live happier, fuller lives by laughing at others is like going to the zoo and laughing at the monkeys behind the cages. Sure, some things we see in life make us laugh, but we're not really laughing for the right reasons.
(The below picture is probably not funny to someone who lost an arm).
And yet it's mistakingly called humor.
Great ideas are not only powerful, they're transparent. The next time you want to know whether or not something is funny, display it and see how people react.
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