Humor makes people pay attention and can be used to create positive change,former Obama speechwriter David Litt tells a Tufts audienceWhen David Litt first heard Barack Obama speak in early January 2008, his future was up in the air—30000 feet up, or to be exact. A senior in college,Litt was on a plane to novel York, watching CNN and mulling whether to teach English in China, and carry out comedy in novel York or L.
A.,or pursue some third option he’d never thought of. “I tried to join the CIA,” Litt told Tufts students crowded into the Rabb Room for Tisch Colleges Civic Life Lunch on Sept. 18. “It was a false start.”’
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