There are many ways to say things, and over time I learned that poking at the stupidity of an idea instead of a person was more productive. People like Jon Stewart and Jon Oliver make their points with humor, as did George Carlin and others. Douglas Adams. Mark Twain. Every single member of Monty Python.

If I missed someone, feel free to add them in the comments.

All of them flipped the world around, some still do, and showed us the world in a different way – a way that begged for some sort of change. Some people resist this, not acknowledging how silly the world is, this house of cards built by people doing what they think is best from moment to moment. The larger the systems, the more they are prone to silliness which can be terrible for some people and because others are immune, they don’t pay attention.

It takes wit and wisdom to point out those things, and I think it’s something we should all aspire to.

It’s when the silly things we do become cumulative in systems that we either let it pass or mock the silly things.