Jordan Peterson

See, I can't tell a joke. Like a prepared joke, when I lecture, I don't ever use notes or anything like that. It has to be spontaneous.

See, I can't tell a joke. Like a prepared joke, when I lecture, I don't ever use notes or anything like that. It has to be spontaneous.

See, I can't tell a joke. Like a prepared joke, when I lecture, I don't ever use notes or anything like that. It has to be spontaneous.

Yeah, well, you can take notes beforehand, and you can sort your head out, but it's way better to... Because then you have to find it. Well, and you can also pay attention to the audience, which makes a huge difference, right? Because you get that connection, and you can...

Yeah, well, you can take notes beforehand, and you can sort your head out, but it's way better to... Because then you have to find it. Well, and you can also pay attention to the audience, which makes a huge difference, right? Because you get that connection, and you can...

Yeah, well, you can take notes beforehand, and you can sort your head out, but it's way better to... Because then you have to find it. Well, and you can also pay attention to the audience, which makes a huge difference, right? Because you get that connection, and you can...

You can play off the understanding of the audience and then they trust you because you're trusting them and it gets the dynamic is much better. No one should lecture with notes and no one should ever read a lecture. Well, there is the odd person who can get away with it, but they have to be like professional actors to manage that.

You can play off the understanding of the audience and then they trust you because you're trusting them and it gets the dynamic is much better. No one should lecture with notes and no one should ever read a lecture. Well, there is the odd person who can get away with it, but they have to be like professional actors to manage that.

You can play off the understanding of the audience and then they trust you because you're trusting them and it gets the dynamic is much better. No one should lecture with notes and no one should ever read a lecture. Well, there is the odd person who can get away with it, but they have to be like professional actors to manage that.

And maybe I could learn to tell jokes that were scripted, but generally something will pop into my head and I think I'm going to say this. I don't give a damn.

And maybe I could learn to tell jokes that were scripted, but generally something will pop into my head and I think I'm going to say this. I don't give a damn.

And maybe I could learn to tell jokes that were scripted, but generally something will pop into my head and I think I'm going to say this. I don't give a damn.

Yeah, it's fun.

Yeah, it's fun.

Yeah, it's fun.

It's fun. It's great fun to manage that. Yeah, well, and the set is actually... The lecture has a comedic structure in a way because... the whole lecture, if it works right, has a punchline. That punchline isn't necessarily one that will elicit laughs, but that's also something that's extremely entertaining is to try to juggle a number of balls and then land them.

It's fun. It's great fun to manage that. Yeah, well, and the set is actually... The lecture has a comedic structure in a way because... the whole lecture, if it works right, has a punchline. That punchline isn't necessarily one that will elicit laughs, but that's also something that's extremely entertaining is to try to juggle a number of balls and then land them.

It's fun. It's great fun to manage that. Yeah, well, and the set is actually... The lecture has a comedic structure in a way because... the whole lecture, if it works right, has a punchline. That punchline isn't necessarily one that will elicit laughs, but that's also something that's extremely entertaining is to try to juggle a number of balls and then land them.

Well, that's what you do if you land a joke, and that's great. And then the audience is very appreciative of that, and the whole evening concludes in a satisfactory manner. You know, the weird thing is, the same thing often happens in a podcast.

Well, that's what you do if you land a joke, and that's great. And then the audience is very appreciative of that, and the whole evening concludes in a satisfactory manner. You know, the weird thing is, the same thing often happens in a podcast.