How stand-up comedy is changing now and in the future ðŸŽ
In this episode, stand up comic Aaron Weber joins Mattimore to discuss what it’s like to be a comedian in the year 2020, what makes a joke funny, the perils of cancel culture, limitations to free speech, the value that comedy brings to society, and how comedy is likely to evolve in the future...
Broad Topics:
- What is your go-to process for coming up with jokes?
- What makes something funny? The science and art of comedy
- 6 dimensions of humor: naughty, clever, cute, bizarre, mean, relatable
- Value that comedy brings to society: relief, social bonding, deeper understanding
- Are people more easily offended now than they used to be?
- Is it true 30% of people have no sense of humor?
- The pros and cons of cancel culture
- Has cancel culture gone too far?
- Twitter (and Facebook) are not real life
- Comedy as a bastion of free speech
- How the profession is changing
Rapid Fire Questions:
- What advice would you give to rising comedians?
- Will humans still be around 1,000 years from now?
- Will The United States still be United 100 years from now?
- What, in your view, is the single biggest threat to human civilization?
- What technological advancement are you most excited about humanity achieving in the future?
- Will machines become smarter than the average person, i.e. artificial general intelligence, by 2050?
- Will consciousness emerge in machines once they’ve reached a sufficient level of complex intelligence?
- If you were elected president, what would you do on day 1?
- Should scientists bring back the T-Rex?
Future Scenarios:
- Worst Case Scenario
- Best Case Scenario
- Most Likely Scenario
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