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[@joerogan] Joe Rogan Experience #2410 - Jeff Dye

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@joerogan - "Joe Rogan Experience #2410 - Jeff Dye"

Link: https://youtu.be/AXez6WQzvEU

Short Summary​

This Joe Rogan Experience podcast features Rogan and comedian Jeff Dye discussing various topics including the impact of negative online feedback on creatives, Ronda Rousey's career and legacy in UFC, the potential societal impact of AI and automation on labor, and their perspectives on comedy and societal issues. They also touch on topics such as celebrity endorsements, historical misinformation, and corruption within sports and other industries.

Key Quotes​

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  1. "You only have like think of your mind as having a number of units of attention. Think you have a like 100 units of focus. anything that eats into those units, anything that bothers you, that annoys you, that's useless, that doesn't help you, that's stealing from your 100, you know, so now you only have 80 units or 70 units of focus because 30 of it is concentrated on [ __ ] It will it'll rob you of what makes you great." - This highlights the importance of focus and the detrimental impact of distractions on performance.

  2. "There's a theory amongst uh mixed martial arts commentators and experts and what have you that there's about nine years. 9 years is all it's possible to compete at a at a peak level and then you get a drop off." - This provides an interesting data point regarding the typical lifespan of peak performance in mixed martial arts.

  3. "And all the women that came afterwards follow. And it's hard for women to become famous in in MMA because it's hard for them to have the kind of spectacular results that men have. They generally don't have as much power and unless they're like elite at judo or something like that like she was where they get arm bars and finish people quickly. But that's what everybody likes. Everybody likes dominance." This offers a perspective of the difference between men and women MMA fighters.

  4. "The one thing that drives a lot of people crazy is they've I've done all the right things and no one comes to see me because you forgot the one thing. You might have been doing the right, You forgot the one thing. Be funny. That's it." - This is a direct and honest assessment of what it takes to succeed in comedy.

  5. "So, the club is set up so the comedians get most of the money because that's how it should be. People aren't coming to see drinks, right? you know, they're coming to see a guy do his art, a woman do her art on stage. So, that person should get most of the money and that's how it should be. And it should be that way because it's the right way to do it and because it builds the art form." - This conveys a strong opinion about how comedy clubs should be run and how comedians should be compensated.

Detailed Summary​

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Key Topics:

  • Dealing with Negative Feedback/Online Criticism:

    • The initial conversation centers around the struggle of not caring what people think, especially online.
    • The guest (Jeff Die) mentions having Google Alerts for his name but needing to get rid of them to avoid negative comments.
    • He's trying to close the "rings" of checking YouTube comments and what comedy peers are doing/saying about him.
    • The importance of not letting annoying things "sneak in" and steal focus is emphasized.

  • Ronda Rousey Discussion:

    • The conversation shifts to a discussion about Ronda Rousey, prompted by Joe asking for his opinion on her.
    • Jeff gives his thoughts on the Ronda Rousey one
    • Ronda Rousey was a badass, awesome at fighting when there were 30 women competing at her level.
    • Ronda Rousey was the first female superstar.

  • Ronda Rousey's Career and Decline:

    • Ronda Rousey was a champion minded person
    • Ronda Rousey had world class judo. World class bronze medalist in the Olympics. Her [ __ ] arm bar the technique was flawless.
    • Fought Holly Holm. Holly was an elite boxer, an elite kickboxer, and a very physically strong woman who had an awesome game plan and who had a chance to study Ronda.

  • Skill vs. Pioneer Status:

    • Ronda Rousey Is a Pioneer but is hard to compare to people that had to chance to study the pioneers.
    • World class judo. World class bronze medalist in the Olympics.

  • Distraction and Focus:

    • The discussion highlights the impact of distractions (movies, agents, fame) on a fighter's focus and performance, specifically affecting Ronda Rousey.
    • Ronda started becoming really famous, then the hyenas show up and they start offering you this and offering you that and distracting you.

  • Ronda Rousey Loss/Nunes Fight:

    • After loss to Holly Holm Rogan thought she should take some time off.
    • The Amanda Nunez fight, everybody was putting all of the attention in the promotion on Ronda making this huge comeback
    • Amanda Nunees beats the [ __ ] out of everybody.
    • Ronda legit was just done, wanted a baby and to be with her man, nothing wrong with that.
    • Discusses how a fighter's "redline" (peak physical condition) can only be maintained for a limited time.
    • Theory of 9 years people can compete at the peak level.
    • Then they have to get out of it.

  • Politics/Hot Topics

    • People just wanted to win the talk. Nobody wants to have the talk
    • The whole game is like get up in front of all those people and state your claim and diminish the claim of your opponent.
    • You have more people making money so they don't have to leave as much.

  • Diversity Hiring

    • Discussion of diversity hiring in comedy/entertainment and the statement about straight white men being “really different."
    • A good point to bring up there is just less female comedians.

  • Mothership

  • Comedy store had to shut down in order for people to seek out the mothership.

  • Adam Eaggan was at the improv, was out of work when the mother ship was starting up.

  • Epstein

  • Epstein list will never come out because the information they have on both liberals and conservatives would collapse the social structure of power.

  • AI

  • People need to find meaning in life

  • Andrew Yang says Automation will take over.

  • If so what are we going to do? Will everyone just love a skill like coding.

Arguments and Information:

  • Pioneer vs. Skill: Pioneer's face an advantage but also have the disadvantage of people behind them can study and get better from it.
  • Focus and Distractions: The speaker argues that distractions and the pursuit of fame can rob a fighter of the focus needed to perform at their peak. He uses a metaphor of "100 units of attention" to illustrate this.
  • Patience We need people who are very patient because if someone is suffering with alzheimer's we need someone patient that can go the journey with that person.
  • Quality of life At a certain age most people might decide to go out on their own terms, it is fair for those people who just want to go.
  • Power is just too much Everyone wants too much power, the people who want that power are generally the ones who do bad stuff.

This summary covers the main points discussed in the podcast transcript.