Today I saw
an excellent TED talk about the great effect satire (and humor in general) can
have on people. In the talk, comedian Chris Bliss argued that humor has
great power to change society (what have I been telling you all?) and he
supported this thesis by looking at the speed at which comedy travels as well as
at how people react when they are subjected to comedy. Bliss argued that when
people see something funny they feel happy and content (go figure?), which
makes them eager to pass on what they have seen, thereby making it easy for
comedy to reach a massive crowd and have a big impact.
Bliss also seemed
to suggest that comedy should be used to fight global warming. Personally, I
think that this is a very good idea. More people are probably willing to look at
satire and comedy than at cold facts and statistics and therefore awareness
could be raised if comedy, and especially satire, was used in the battle against
global warming.What do you think?
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