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Stand-up comedy as examined life: What Nobody Tells You: The secret comedians don't tell you: the best material comes from being willing to sit with uncomfortable things long enough that they become funny. That's the examined life in its truest form.

Discover how comedians mine their deepest discomfort for brilliance. Learn the examined life's best-kept secret in this transformative course.

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Concepts in this course
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Absurdist Logic as Truth-Telling
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Befriending Incompleteness: The Forever-Student
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Circular Logic as Teaching
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Collective Laughter as Shared Recognition
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Comic Timing as Contemplative Practice
AI prompts in this course
AI Prompt
Where Are You with Stand-up comedy as examined life?
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The Moment Stand-up comedy as examined life Changed for You
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A Hard Question About Stand-up comedy as examined life
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The Stand-up comedy as examined life Question You're Avoiding
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Stand-up comedy as examined life and the Choices You're Making
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