What podcasts say about Jimmy Carr
Every statement, with the speaker, the exact quote and the moment it was said.
What Jimmy Carr has said on podcasts
76 statements · 40 positive · 27 negative · 5 mixed · 4 neutral
The British pound is currently overvalued.
“I think the currency's overvalued.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 4:54
British currency devaluations have historically been followed by 18 months of strong growth.
“every time the currency's been devalued, there's been 18 months of incredible growth.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 5:17
UK energy costs are four times higher than US energy costs.
“Energy cost is four times higher in the UK than America”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 7:30
Britain should rapidly expand nuclear power, following France’s historical example.
“You've got to be as technologically advanced as 70s France, who built 56 nuclear power plants in 10 years. If you do that, you're off to the races.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 7:46
The English language evolves organically without centralized control.
“the political system of anarchy is the English language. There's no central system for it. No one sits down and goes, that's a word. That's not a word. We're changing the meaning of that. It just organically sort of emergent from the group.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 12:22
Many social solutions work better through organic emergence than top-down design.
“a lot of solutions are like that. You can't do it from top down. It just has to sort of let it happen.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 12:35
People should invest more in their friendships.
“The best relationship advice is invest in your friends.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 26:15
Having options is meaningless unless a person eventually exercises them.
“until you cash in those options, it's meaningless.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 30:28
Public cancellation filters friendships, leaving fewer but better friends.
“It's such a great filter. It's like a gift being canceled because at the end of it you end up with fewer friends but much better ones.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 33:23
Friendship is a prerequisite or foundation for romantic relationships.
“friendship is upstream of having a relationship.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 39:05
Men often struggle after divorce because they outsourced their social lives to spouses.
“men tend not to do very well post divorce because they outsource their social life to their other half.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 39:59
British culture is characterized by cynicism, while American culture is characterized by superficial positivity.
“the British disease is cynicism and the American disease is bullshit.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 42:25
Comedy audiences provide reliable feedback about humor and acceptability.
“The audience is a genius. They tell you what is and what isn't funny and what is and what isn't acceptable.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 45:28
Rewriting rarely rescues a joke that fails with an audience.
“it's very rare that you tell a joke and it doesn't work and you can rescue it with a rewrite.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 46:03
Many aspiring artists fail because they do not persist long enough to improve.
“the reason most people don't succeed in the arts is because they get into it because they like really good stuff. They've got great taste, but then they don't stick around long enough to be able to produce good stuff.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 47:23
Saturday Night Live may no longer exist in ten years.
“I can't see it being around in 10 years.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 56:16
Conspiracy theories are driven partly by declining trust in institutions.
“conspiracy theories for me are a symptom of a much larger problem, which is we've lost. Lost sort of trust in institutions.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:00:33
Advanced general intelligence might help solve the net-zero environmental problem.
“if you point AGI at the environment, it might be able to solve the problem of net zero.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:03:04
People should deliberately schedule periods of boredom because boredom can provide serenity.
“boredom is unappreciated serenity and allowing yourself to be bored, like planning it is quite a good idea.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:08:58
Children should have restricted social media alongside greater freedom to play outdoors.
“the point that he makes in that book is not just ban social media, it's ban social media and let kids play outside.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:10:37
Phone overuse is partly a symptom of broader social isolation.
“the phones are kind of a symptom of a much larger problem within our society that we're quite sort of isolated.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:17:25
New media lets creators begin careers without institutional permission.
“with new media, it feels like that permission is already. You give it to yourself.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:22:11
Activities requiring more effort generally produce better outcomes than low-friction activities.
“the things that involve friction seem to be better. But in all areas of life, like the exercise, sports, arts, anything more friction is better.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:25:12
Activities requiring more friction tend to produce better outcomes.
“the things that involve friction seem to be better.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:25:12
AI will make average output cheap while excellent output becomes expensive.
“In the world of AI, average will be free and the very good will be very expensive.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:33:52
In comedy, audience-perceived intent matters more than joke content.
“intent is much more important than content.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:35:02
Books published before 2022 will command a premium because they predate widespread AI writing.
“there's going to be a big sort of Premium on books pre2022.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:37:25
AI has surpassed humans as the smartest entity.
“the fourth is AI we're no longer the smartest thing.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 1:56:57
Death is an unavoidable certainty for humans.
“Death is the big one, right? Death is in the Muslims, what they call it the certainty.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 2:00:17
Awareness of limited lifespan creates a sense of urgency.
“the sense of urgency that you have, I think it's kind of a rush of blood to the head.”
Open the episode · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143Listen at 2:02:48
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