How to learn to joke. An engineering approach to humor -creation. Ivanov A.

It is believed that a sense of humor is an innate quality. The mischievous gift of God. In this book, the author will dispute these ideas and try to prove that wit can and should be cultivated, developed and honeed.

comic approach to life, a satirical worldview is a form of art that can be completely learned. Both for personal pleasure and to extract commercial benefits.

the beginning of the book was laid by the story heard by the author many years ago from his father -in -law. In the early 60s, one of his classmates managed not only to study well at a difficult technical university, but also very successfully playing KVN.

For each game, the institute team needed hundreds of jokes. And this somoroko guy decided to come up with an algorithm to create them. He approached this as a scientific task and brilliantly decided it. This has borne fruit. Young and cocky physicists became KVN champions.

oh, how was it interesting for the author to look at this algorithm! But nothing more, except that it existed, could not tell the father-in-law of this miracle and alignment. And his classmate, unfortunately, passed away very early. You can’t ask anymore.

today the author (in the past, also a cavity, a participant in the 1st festival “Kivin”) has his own decision. Actually, the book is dedicated to him. Before you is an invitation to an intellectual journey to the immense mainland of humor -making. And this alone will significantly brighten up and extend your life path. And along the way, the author will answer many other questions related to the psychology of humor.