Together we talk about the life, writing and philosophy of Ayn Rand. Diving into how objectivism looks as a philosophy and how it can change people's lives.
Outline:
0:00 - Introduction
2:41 - Who is Yaron Brook?
4:53 - Your Life is Yours!
7:19 - Collectivism
11:42 - Ayn Rand and Her Work
20:45 - Objectivism
25:59 - Objectivism (over Individualism, Reason-ism & Rationalism)
28:11 - Reason
31:59 - Selfishness
39:05 - Facts, Reason, Individualism & a Morality of Self-interest
48:20 - Reading Ayn Rand
51:15 - Heroic Language within Rand's Work
54:22 - Masculinity and Femininity within Rand's Work
58:40 - Objectivism and Facing Death
1:02:29 - Rand's disappointment with the US
1:05:46 - Why Objectivism is antithetical to Faith
1:15:11 - This is it, so take it seriously!
1:20:33 - Outro

Interview conducted by Sam Devis, host of When Belief Dies. Published on May 12, 2023. For more content by Sam Devis, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCmgNitDvo.