I think creativity (humor/play/music) involves a context switch. Like with comedy: the comedian sets up an expectation, then surprises the audience with a punc

I think creativity (humor/play/music) involves a context switch. Like with comedy: the comedian sets up an expectation, then surprises the audience with a punchline which forces them to reinterpret the setup. And with music: the composer sets up a theme, and then repeats it slightly differently to keep the song interesting. The textbook example is Beethoven's 5th. I think pg believes similarly. He said "creativity comes from functions applying to arguments of the wrong type" [1]. He also said "good design is slightly funny" [2]. [1] http://paulgraham.com/ideas.html http://paulgraham.com/ideas.html [2] http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html