It is rather fun to think there are exactly seven theories of humor:
1. Superiority Theory – We laugh because, briefly, we feel above someone.
2. Relief Theory – Humor releases tension.
3. Incongruity Theory – Expectations collide and must be reinterpreted.
4. Benign Violation Theory – A rule is broken, but harmlessly.
5. One More for the Road Theory – Like beer, you can never have too many theories on humor.
Power prefers to appear serious, inevitable, unquestionable.
Humor quietly rearranges the scene.
A few may claim to be emperors.
Up close, much of it turns out to be just clothes, beards, and wigs.
And once you notice that, you start wondering who else might help with the undressing.
Systems draw attention toward the loudest and darkest signals.
What happens if we redirect attention instead—small fragments of imagination, thought, even hope, placed into the same currents each day?
Not fighting the noise. Just changing what fills the channel.
Fresh water instead of salt.
Algorithms now help us speak, write, and think in public — often invisibly.
That’s not the problem. Abdicating responsibility for our voice is.
A voice isn’t fluency or speed; it’s accountability built over time.
If we let systems speak for us, trust erodes — quietly, collectively.
Some thoughts on protecting voice, dialogue, and public space here:
https://medium.com/@tjiso/voice-in-an-algorithmic-age-f5b7cc8757eb
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See you there!
Time doesn’t always move forward. Sometimes it freezes.
Creativity often lives right there — where danger, focus, lust, and joy bend time itself.
A short reflection on Vespa crashes, skid marks, and why time disappears when something truly matters.
And bus rides of course. We should not forget them - most important.
#Time #Bus #Creativity #Accident
https://medium.com/@tjiso/moments-when-time-disappears-b16e4e35f77b
"You cannot understand the present—this sense of a nation drifting toward pariah status, a nation no longer trusted, a nation capable of being bent by a single man and the lieutenants who carry out his will—without stepping back to the beginning, to that moment when the men who declared liberty also wrote slavery into the country’s governing framework."
~ Elisabeth Glassco
I just love the creativity that makes the FIFA peace price blow up in Trump's face. The stupidity is already hitting Infantino and FIFA. Keep going!
Get them out! Get them out! Get them out of here!
This is my AI-generated addition. Not the best, but adding volume.
Scrolling through Medium’s reading suggestions today, I noticed how many titles lean toward soft clickbait — tiny promises of transformation, mastery, or revelation. Nothing wrong with that, but it made me wonder:
If we train ourselves to expect hooks at every corner, how do quieter, more thoughtful voices ever break through?
How do we learn to hear the things that don’t shout?
Just a reflection from today’s digital drift.
#WritingCommunity #AttentionEconomy #Clickbait
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William Lindsey 
