“If You’re Still Trying to Be Rational Now, You’re Crazy:” Comedian Tim Dillon on Being Informed vs. Being Ignorant

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Being informed is getting harder and harder. Everyone has an agenda. Some help you. Some get you to stay tuned it. Others get you to question. I want to question. Because that's we're growth is. So I brought Tim Dillon on the show. He's a stand-up comedian. Which means he does MORE than just comedy. It means he looks at the world with a different lens. He looks for the absurd. And points it out. So we can all see the hypocrisy in life, in history and in our own heads. Learning conspiracies and comedy can be entertainment. Or it can be a learning ground for questioning, discernment and curiosity. I choose the ladder. Here's my interview with Tim Dillon. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram Check Out The Altucher Book Club Series: Apple Podcasts YouTube Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.6	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.6	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.8	But you know the happiest people I know are not in for.
0:18.9	So the happiest people I know are you know Long Island gym teachers who don't care and
0:23.2	go on you know two vacations a year and don't have a ton of money and don't want it and
0:28.2	you know happiness and knowledge.
0:30.1	I mean it's just this complete this I think you know ignorance is to an extent bliss.
0:34.4	I mean if you find out the way the world works I don't know that you're going to be happier
0:38.8	or better for it.
0:40.3	Except unless you view it as fun.
0:42.3	By the way I have no opinion.
0:44.0	I kind of I sort of view this as a game because again I don't know what the real narratives
0:48.9	of anyone are.
0:49.9	But you figured it out because you're living here.
0:51.3	You get it.
0:52.3	See here's the thing and this is what most people can't admit.
0:55.6	There's going to be a small group of people that get it.
0:58.3	They get that it's a game.
0:59.6	You're one of the people that get it and then you do very well.
1:02.6	But then there are the people that don't get it and won't get it and are like, if you
1:07.2	hear what Elizabeth Warren said and it's like, it doesn't matter.
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