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#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Natural State of Being for Us Humans
There is no such thing as the natural state in that sense, right? This is the myth of who so is a noble savage and of John Walls is behind the veil of ignorance. Well, if you're ignorant, you're ignorant. You can't make any decisions. You're just ignorant. There is no human nature that determines how you will relate to other people. They are determined by philosophy. Ideas shape how we relate to others. And this change in America is not some reversion to a natural state. It's a shift in ideas.
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