Interview · moment 14 of 28
Social Media, Debt, and the New Requirements for Existing in Society
from Louis CK | The Tim Dillon Show #317 · #317
4 min
Guest
They discuss how modern life requires credit, debt, and social media profiles just to participate — from getting a job to streaming music — and how this surveillance follows young people from childhood, though Louis suggests it might eventually mutate into something else via his nephews' generation.
- At this point in society, going back seems impossible—the systems created feel like they'll either drive us to extinction or persist unchallenged.
- Tim compares social media negatively to being in a gang, claiming he could show more positives for gang membership than Twitter.
- Participating in modern society now requires being on social media—people who opt out become luddites unable to function in any societal role.
- When Tim was a kid, credit cards were hard to get and required approval; now entities just gouge people based on debt they take on.
- Modern existence requires debt—you can't exist without it, even just to listen to music or smoke a joint.
- Getting a job now means employers search your social media profiles, recording all the mistakes you've made since childhood without being warned this could happen.
- The horror of these systems is easy to describe and spans many directions, but on some level it'll transform into something else entirely.
- Tim has four nephews between ages 14 and 21, the next generation, and they seem to get how this all works.