Hence The Future

Ep. 101 - The Future of Comedy with Aaron Weber

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How stand-up comedy is changing now and in the future 🎭

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

        • Thanks for tuning in 🔭

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