“good jokes offend someone”–Taleb Jokes : the production of chemical reward for

—“good jokes offend someone”–Taleb

Jokes : the production of chemical reward for unexpected free associations.

Hierarchy:

1-Jokes that improve relations reduce separateness between group members.

2-Jokes that bind members and increase separateness between group members and non members.

3-Jokes that bind members and increase relative status increase trust.

Jokes are gifts of chemical exchanges of rewards for increasing group cohesion.

So technically speaking, Nassim is correct. Good jokes – that is jokes that offend others and increase binding among group members – are more valuable and therefore better than those that do not.