Lex Fridman Podcast

#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom

Jan 29, 2021

02:29:00

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Tim Dillon

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Unexpected Bill from a Fun Dad

01:01

The Sadness of Hollywood and Fame

02:33

Donald Trump's Lack of Empathy

01:55

The Importance of Finding Your Passion

01:22

Introduction

3min

Athletic Greens - The All-in-One Daily Drink

3min

The Best Speech to Text AI Engine in the World

2min

What Would You Like Your Tombstone to Read?

2min

The Best Part About Love Is After You Lose Someone

4min

Don't Get Fooled Again

3min

Don't Follow Your Dreams

4min

Are the Robots Into QAnon?

2min

Is There a Displacement of Jobs?

3min

10.

QAnon and Flat Earth Videos - Is That a Dangerous Video?

2min

11.

Are You Being Shadow Banned?

2min

12.

Amazon Removes Parlor From AWS

2min

13.

The New Internet Is Hyper Capitalist in the Sense of Humor

2min

14.

The Future of AI?

2min

15.

I Love People, but if It Can Just Use Robots to Kill Most of Them

2min

16.

Alex Jones, What Was the Shirt You Wore?

2min

17.

Is Alex Jones Dangerous for Society?

5min

18.

Do You Think Alex Jones Shouldn't Have Been Banned?

3min

19.

Is There a Process for Deplatforming?

4min

20.

You Don't Have to Give People Health Insurance to Overthrow the Government, Right?

2min

21.

Is There Something Powerful About Anger?

4min

22.

You Can Just Fall in With a Bad Crowd

3min

23.

We Need More Fun People

3min

24.

Barack Obama and the President's Influence on the White House

4min

25.

Donald Trump Is Just Like Warren Buffett

3min

26.

What's Your Favorite Quality of Donald Trump?

2min

27.

Is There an Argument to Be Made for and Against the Permanent Band on Every Social Media?

2min

28.

Self-Censorship Anxiety

2min

29.

Comedy Is a Tool of It's Own Power

2min

30.

Comedy Is a Great Way to Speak Truth to Power

2min

31.

I Think the World Is Getting Better Because of the Comedic Voices

2min

32.

You Give Me the License to Think Yeah Yeah Yeah I'm a Drug Addict Yeah Yeah

3min

33.

Q and on Is a Conspiracy That Just Eats Things

3min

34.

Are You Optimistic About the 2021?

2min

35.

What's the Conspiracy Theory?

3min

36.

Hollywood Is a Deeply Sad Tragedies

2min

37.

Bill Gates Is a Batman Villain Billionaire Billionaire

3min

38.

You Want More Suffering Not Less?

1min

39.

Do You Think Jeffy Epstein Was a Billionaire?

2min

40.

Do You Think Epstein Is Just an Evil Guy?

2min

41.

What Happens to the CIA?

2min

42.

I Wish There Was a Way to Prove That Some of Them Are Not True

4min

43.

Alex Jones - Is He a Speculator?

2min

44.

The Best Comedian of All Time

4min

45.

Podcasting

4min

46.

The Medium of a Short Video Is a Challenge

2min

47.

Is There a Difference Between Love and Friendship?

2min

48.

The Disease of Humanity

2min

49.

Are You Afraid to Do What You Want to Do?

2min

50.

Frania's Story of Fear and the Importance of Being Funny

4min

51.

Are You Afraid of Death?

2min

52.

Do You Feel the Most Alive?

2min

53.

Are Mistakes a Bug or a Feature?

3min

54.

Do You Love Yourself or Do You Hate Yourself?

2min

55.

Are You Moving to Austin?

2min

56.

Austin Will Be a Tech Hub

2min

57.

Is It Hard to Predict What the World Will Be Like?

2min

58.

You Like MIT? That's the Problem

2min

59.

What Is the Meaning of Life?

3min

60.

Listening to Tim Dillon's Podcast

2min

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EPISODE LINKS:
Tim’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimJDillon
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Tim’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4woSp8ITBoYDmjkukhEhxg
Tim’s Website: https://www.timdilloncomedy.com
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OUTLINE:
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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

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Lex Fridman Podcast

#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom

Episode guests

Unexpected Bill from a Fun Dad

The Sadness of Hollywood and Fame

Donald Trump's Lack of Empathy

The Importance of Finding Your Passion

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