{"id":15548,"date":"2011-01-21T00:20:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T22:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=15548"},"modified":"2011-01-21T00:20:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T22:20:46","slug":"laughing-in-the-face-of-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=15548","title":{"rendered":"Laughing in the Face of Adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&#038;isUI=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=716495443001&#038;playerID=651017566001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGuNzXFE~,qu1BWJRU7c26MMkbB19ukwmFB5ysvYz5&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\"   \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nComedy isn&#8217;t just about making people laugh, it&#8217;s about making people think as Ricky Gervais argues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedy isn&#8217;t just about making people laugh, it&#8217;s about making people think as Ricky Gervais argues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":142562,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=142562","url_meta":{"origin":15548,"position":0},"title":"How to find creativity and purpose in the face of adversity","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"19\/03\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/suleika_jaouad_how_to_find_creativity_and_purpose_in_the_face_of_adversity?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PPT\/ cool decks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51330,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=51330","url_meta":{"origin":15548,"position":1},"title":"How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"21\/05\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. 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