Interview · moment 22 of 24

Cancel Culture, Intent, and Regulating Tech Companies

from Two Greatest Minds of The Century (Gary Vaynerchuk) | The Tim Dillon Show #324 · #324

2 min

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They discuss how social media strips away tone and intent making satire hard to parse, and debate whether government should be forcing tech companies to make subjective moderation calls.

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  • Tim describes himself as simple, high-energy and pumped, but argues none of this stuff actually matters.
  • The real reason people get upset is because they think there's somebody important behind the outrage.
  • Prince's death culturally meant something, but a week later the world moves on and everyone's walking around offended as if they matter.
  • Asked what advice he'd give the Trump brand to turn things around, Tim says it's complicated.
  • Tim's opening question to every client is what they'd like to accomplish—but for Trump, that ship has sailed.
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