Jarn: When i read the following passage from atlas shrugged, his response was, oh my god. I totally inspired by that. This is from john galt's speech, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. Do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired be one. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours that is inspirationa who we not ouve like that at is beautiful on so many levels. And it's, it's truly inspirational.
Michael Shermer speaks with entrepreneur, writer, and activist Yaron Brook about Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Objectivism; individualism vs. collectivism; the nature of human nature; altruism, cooperation, reparations, and charity; the starting point of morality and the foundation of ethics; collective action problems and how they are best solved; our moral obligation to help those who cannot help themselves; the Is-Ought problem of determining right and wrong; reason and empiricism; immigration, abortion, foreign wars, the welfare state, and terrorism.