Comedians, canaries and coalmines

The jester in the king’s court is the only person allowed to tell the truth. The king who can no longer tolerate his jester has become a tyrant. This is a short clip from a Q & A moderated by Dave Rubin. It’s taken from from this video, which is the Q and A section of a lecture I gave recently in Norway: See, as well, this recent story in Quillette: The New War on Comedy: -— SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL —- Direct Support: Merchandise: -— BOOKS —- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: -— LINKS —- Website: 12 Rules for Life Tour: Blog: Podcast: Reading List: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: -— PRODUCTS —- Personality Course: Self Authoring Suite: Understand Myself personality test: Merchandise: