Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr
Comedian Jimmy Carr joins Joe Rogan for a wide-ranging talk on lost ancient civilizations, the opioid crisis, how comedy is built and taught, AI and book scanning, and why gratitude, play and real-world connection matter.
The gist
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Rogan points to Graham Hancock's lost-civilization work and India's Kailasa Temple, carved from one piece of rock, as ancient feats with no clear explanation.
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Rogan recommends Dissolving Illusions and argues DDT spraying caused polio-like paralysis, citing a search showing about 70% of polio infections have no symptoms.
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Carr says comedy can be taught and runs at about 92 beats a minute; Rogan recommends When Standup Stood Out, about Boston's comedy scene.
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Carr uses Iain McGilchrist's books to argue AI masters left-brain tasks, and Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death on trading power for convenience.
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Carr recommends Tim Urban's What's Our Problem on thinking like a scientist, not a zealot; Rogan says The Wisdom of Insecurity described 1952's anxiety.
Joe Rogan recommends it
"There's a narrative of history. And you should look into the work of your fellow countryman, Graham Hancock. I've been a fan of his for a long time. I think he's right."
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Joe Rogan recommends it
"Do you know about the Kailasa Temple? That's the nuttiest one in India. You got to go see that... Kailasa Temple is this one immense temple that was carved right out of the mountain. So it's one piece of rock, the entire temple. It's insanely elaborate."
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Joe Rogan recommends it
"Dr. Suzanne Humphries, she's a guest on the show. I just want to tell people that are listening, there's a great book called Dissolving Illusions. And if you just countercheck all the things that she put in that book, you can read it all online, you'll find out she's telling t..."
▶ Play at 30:112 creators recommend it, including Robert Malone, MD.
See all on the Dissolving Illusions page
Joe Rogan recommends it
"Fran Solomita, who I knew from Boston... He made this documentary... who really can understand how unique that moment in time was. It's a fantastic documentary for people who haven't seen it."
▶ Play at 1:25:11"Neil Postman, he wrote this brilliant book in like 1984 called Amusing Ourselves to Death... his big take was when the news got music, he knew our civilization was over because as soon as the news got music, it was entertainment... George Orwell wasn't right. Aldous Huxley was..."
▶ Play at 2:08:282 creators recommend it, including Ezra Klein.
See all on the Amusing Ourselves to Death page"You know this Iain McGilchrist guy... He wrote The Master and His Emissary. So he wrote this book about how the right brain and the left brain don't do different things. They do the same thing differently. He's an incredible writer... They're both phenomenal."
▶ Play at 2:02:332 creators recommend it, including Mark McLaughlin.
See all on the The Master and His Emissary page"And he wrote another book called The Matter with Things. They're both phenomenal. Okay, slightly beyond me, but kind of phenomenal."
▶ Play at 2:03:00"He wrote this book called What's Our Problem? It's like one of my favorite books of the last 10 years. And so the book is, it's not about left and right, it's about how you think about things. So Tim Urban's theory is, you can either think like a scientist where you go, new ev..."
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Joe Rogan recommends it
"I just finished it. This Alan Watts book... The Wisdom of Insecurity. It's fantastic. I just finished it. So it is from 1952, I think it was, where he wrote it, and he's talking about how rapidly society is changing... it's called the age of anxiety."
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6 picks · Jimmy Carr and Joe Rogan
"Neil Postman, he wrote this brilliant book in like 1984 called Amusing Ourselves to Death... his big take was when the news got music, he knew our civilization was over because ..."
"He wrote this book called What's Our Problem? It's like one of my favorite books of the last 10 years. And so the book is, it's not about left and right, it's about how you thin..."
"I just finished it. This Alan Watts book... The Wisdom of Insecurity. It's fantastic. I just finished it. So it is from 1952, I think it was, where he wrote it, and he's talking..."
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3 picks · Joe Rogan
"Do you know about the Kailasa Temple? That's the nuttiest one in India. You got to go see that... Kailasa Temple is this one immense temple that was carved right out of the moun..."
"There's a narrative of history. And you should look into the work of your fellow countryman, Graham Hancock. I've been a fan of his for a long time. I think he's right."
"Fran Solomita, who I knew from Boston... He made this documentary... who really can understand how unique that moment in time was. It's a fantastic documentary for people who ha..."
Joe Rogan
5 picks · host
"Do you know about the Kailasa Temple? That's the nuttiest one in India. You got to go see that... Kailasa Temple is this one immense temple that was carved right out of the moun..."
"I just finished it. This Alan Watts book... The Wisdom of Insecurity. It's fantastic. I just finished it. So it is from 1952, I think it was, where he wrote it, and he's talking..."
"There's a narrative of history. And you should look into the work of your fellow countryman, Graham Hancock. I've been a fan of his for a long time. I think he's right."
Jimmy Carr
4 picks · guest
"Neil Postman, he wrote this brilliant book in like 1984 called Amusing Ourselves to Death... his big take was when the news got music, he knew our civilization was over because ..."
"He wrote this book called What's Our Problem? It's like one of my favorite books of the last 10 years. And so the book is, it's not about left and right, it's about how you thin..."
"You know this Iain McGilchrist guy... He wrote The Master and His Emissary. So he wrote this book about how the right brain and the left brain don't do different things. They do..."
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