Fascinating breakdown of comedy's underlying structre. The recognition-pain-distance framework makes so much sense when you think about how diferent cultures or generations find different things funny. I've seen workshop facilitators try to teach humor but they usually focus on mechanics (timing, delivery) while missing the foundational elements Libera identifies. The connection to neuroscience around humor-processing and insight-processing sharing brain regions is wild.
Fascinating breakdown of comedy's underlying structre. The recognition-pain-distance framework makes so much sense when you think about how diferent cultures or generations find different things funny. I've seen workshop facilitators try to teach humor but they usually focus on mechanics (timing, delivery) while missing the foundational elements Libera identifies. The connection to neuroscience around humor-processing and insight-processing sharing brain regions is wild.