#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 149 minutes
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:00) – Tim Dillon’s tombstone
(09:55) – The horrible people are the most fun
(14:06) – Charles Bukowski
(19:46) – Robots
(22:56) – YouTube algorithm
(29:04) – Parler and Amazon
(33:32) – Social media
(36:09) – Alex Jones
(54:42) – OJ Simpson
(59:22) – Politics
(1:05:52) – Donald Trump
(1:13:09) – Humor
(1:20:44) – QAnon
(1:27:13) – Conspiracy theories
(1:32:50) – Bill Gates
(1:35:20) – Elon Musk
(1:37:35) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:40:14) – Ghislaine Maxwell
(1:47:55) – Greatest comedians of all time
(1:57:53) – Love
(2:01:24) – Fear
(2:04:38) – Mom
(2:08:10) – Mortality
(2:10:13) – Advice for young people
(2:16:47) – Moving to Austin
(2:24:40) – Meaning of life
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Tim Dillon, a stand-up comedian who is fearless in challenging |
| 0:06.1 | the norms of modern-day social and political discourse. |
| 0:10.0 | Cook mentioned of our sponsors, Netsuite Business Management Software, Athletic Greens |
| 0:15.1 | all-in-one nutrition drink, Magic Spoon Low-carb cereal, Better Help Online Therapy, and Rev |
| 0:21.3 | Species Text Service. |
| 0:23.2 | So the choice is Business, Health, Sanity, or Transcripts. |
| 0:29.0 | Choose Wise and my friends, and if you wish, click the sponsor links below to get a discount |
| 0:33.6 | at the support the spot cast. |
| 0:35.6 | As a side note, let me say that I will continue talking to scientists, engineers, historians, |
| 0:40.5 | mathematicians, and so on. |
| 0:42.5 | But I will also talk to the people who Jack Kerouac called the Mad Ones in his book on the |
| 0:48.7 | road that is one of my favorite books. |
| 0:52.1 | He wrote, The only people for me are the Mad Ones. |
| 0:55.7 | The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at |
| 1:01.8 | the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn. |
| 1:08.4 | Like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. |
| 1:14.3 | And in the middle you see the blue scented light pop, and everybody goes, some of these |
| 1:20.9 | conversations will be a bit of a gamble. |
| 1:24.2 | And that I have no idea how they will turn out. |
| 1:27.0 | But I'm willing to risk it for a chance at a bit of an adventure. |
| 1:31.2 | And I'm happy and honored that Tim, this time, wanted to take a chance as well. |
| 1:37.0 | If you enjoy this thing, subscribe on YouTube, review it, and have a podcast, follow on Spotify, |
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