--- --- # Being Sarcastic Is Good for You by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 10, 2015 4:11 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 10, 2015 4:11 PM UTC **1\.** [**Go ahead, be sarcastic. Harvard says it’s good for you.**](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/go-ahead-be-sarcastic/) By Christina Pazzanese in the Harvard Gazette **2\.** [**Serving in Congress is a pretty crummy job.**](http://www.vox.com/2015/8/6/9112831/congress-miserable-job) By Ezra Klein in Vox **3\.** [**Does America need a truth and reconciliation commission for race relations?**](http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/08/09/a-truth-and-reconciliation-committee-for-the-united-states/) By Ronald C. Slye in Reuters Great Debate **4\.** [**Who would win a war between Al Qaeda and ISIS?**](http://www.vice.com/read/we-asked-an-expert-who-will-win-the-fight-between-the-islamic-state-and-al-qaeda-807) By Mark Hay in Vice **5\.** [**Where are all the women chess players?**](http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/why-dont-more-women-play-chess/) By Hana Schank in Aeon  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Research: Being Sarcastic Is Good for You ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3990456/sarcastic-good-for-you/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3990456/sarcastic-good-for-you/"},"headline":"Being Sarcastic Is Good for You","datePublished":"2015-08-10T16:11:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:06.714Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3990456/sarcastic-good-for-you/","keywords":["Innovation","Congress","gender","al-Qaeda","ISIS","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3990456/sarcastic-good-for-you/","name":"Being Sarcastic Is Good for You"}}]}] ```