Debbie Millman
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2 Apr
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And then third, taking social risks, being willing to be laughed at.
You call these the three pillars of good humor.
And I'm wondering if you can share a little bit about each of the pillars.
You wouldn't speak to other people the way you speak to yourself.
The third pillar is taking social risks, being willing to be laughed at.
You suggest in this pillar to pay attention to doorknobs.
Have you noticed that your own attention has changed since you began all of this research?
The book is so beautifully complex with studies and experiments, and you position it all in really beautiful prose.
It's extremely easy to read, but it's all really backed by research.
Has your own attention changed since you began all of the research?
What do you notice?
What do you name?
What do you let pass?
Well, that posits the argument that we need it more than ever.
You don't shy away from the fact that humor can also be weaponized.
Totally.
What responsibility do you think people who are good at humor have once they understand its social impact more clearly?
Yeah, it's so interesting, especially during the pandemic when I was watching a lot more TV and was running out of things that I was interested in watching.
So re-watching a lot of the things that I thought I loved back in the 70s and 80s and 90s, I realized how much of that humor was indeed weaponized, how a lot of humor was about making fun of other people or other races or other classes.
And I had to stop watching some of the things that I actually thought that I really had had
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