Lex Fridman Podcast

#178 – Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy

Apr 24, 2021

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Yaron Brook

Michael Malice

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Christian Themes in Judaism: Exploring Guilt and Cultural Mechanisms

01:12

Capitalism Is the Negation of the Fed

01:17

The Fed's power base and the role of elites in bailouts

01:20

The Possibility of Fascism Emerging in America

01:23

Introduction

4min

I'm Giving Away Everything I Own - It Warms My Soul

2min

The Latta Greens Podcast - Forsecmatic Coffee

3min

How Would We Get Along in a Desert Island?

4min

Is There a Difference Between Men and Women?

5min

Immanuel Kant and the Enlightenment

2min

Are You Trying to Perceive Reality?

4min

Evolution Matches Up to Fitness, Not to Reality

2min

Is Love Real?

3min

10.

How Do You Know That's Not Real?

4min

11.

Drugs Can Change Our Sensitivities

3min

12.

Is Our Resolution Really, Really Good?

5min

13.

The Importance of Humility in the Christian Ethics

2min

14.

The Idiot by Dusty Eske

5min

15.

I Don't Know. The More I Know, the More Areas You Know, You Dont Know

3min

16.

The Lack of Humility in Politics

5min

17.

I Live on an Island

2min

18.

Do You Think There's Value in Religion?

4min

19.

The Myth of the Founding Fathers

4min

20.

Bringing Your Emotions in Line With Your Thinking

4min

21.

Are Your Emotions Aligned With Your Reason?

4min

22.

Isn't Your Emotion a Part of Reality?

3min

23.

You Don't Know What You're Saying, but You Can Keep It

3min

24.

INRAND - I'm Going to Upend the World

4min

25.

Is Ayn Rand a Popular Reference Point for Discussion of Ideas?

5min

26.

How Do You Deprogram?

2min

27.

Are You Shocked That You Have a Gun in Your House?

4min

28.

Why You Shouldn't Read Atlas Shrugged First

4min

29.

I Was Idealistic Too. And They Don't Question Them.

3min

30.

Selfishness Ego Is Amigo to Some Greed

2min

31.

Are You a Master of the Trolling Arts?

2min

32.

I'm Not a Communist, but Not 20th Century

2min

33.

The Difference Between Stalin and Stalinism

5min

34.

The Borg Is the Highest of Compliments

4min

35.

Is There Something Positive to Learn From Marx?

5min

36.

What Can We Learn More From, From a Historical Perspective?

4min

37.

What Is Fascism?

5min

38.

Is It Possible for Fascism to Emerge in the World Again?

4min

39.

How Do We Change That?

6min

40.

Is the Fusion of Knowledge a Good Idea?

2min

41.

The Great Depression and Bitcoin

2min

42.

The Worst Thing About Inflation

5min

43.

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency - It's Not Always Equal

6min

44.

Bitcoin

2min

45.

Bitcoin Is a Natural Replacement of Gold

4min

46.

Bitcoin Isn't the Solution, Is It?

3min

47.

Is Bitcoin the End of the Base Layer?

4min

48.

Government Is Not Greedy

4min

49.

What's the Definition of Anarchism?

3min

50.

Are You Being a Platonist?

5min

51.

Is Anarchism a Market of Defenses?

2min

52.

Anarchism and Governments

2min

53.

Is the Military Accountable to the People?

5min

54.

The Anarchist Position Is Completely Dishonest or Delusional

6min

55.

The Anarchy and the Sagas of the Iceland

4min

56.

Is the State a Threat to Human Life?

4min

57.

Do You Want to Take Over the Security Industry?

3min

58.

Is There a Law That Can't Create Markets?

2min

59.

Is There a Market for Property Rights?

5min

60.

I'm Not a Psychic or Necromancer, but I Can Dismiss It

2min

61.

Ayn Rand

3min

62.

Is There a Monopoly in Your Job?

4min

63.

What Would the Fashion Industry Look Like if the Government Didn't Run It?

4min

64.

Anarchism and Sharia Law

2min

65.

Ayn Rand Did Not Laugh

2min

66.

It Can't Happen Here

4min

67.

Atlas Shrugged - Which Character Do You Like Most?

5min

68.

What Dad Is Not Going to Give His Kid Leg Braces?

3min

69.

Who Is John Galt?

5min

70.

Elon Musk, CEO, CEO - I Have No Integrity, but I Don't Steal This Candy Bar

3min

71.

Roark - The Fountain Head

4min

72.

How to Work Is a Great Model for All of Us

6min

73.

Is Your Wife Going to Love You?

6min

74.

Love at the End of the Day Is a Response to Value

2min

75.

I'm a Sharp Dress. I've Never Been Michael Before.

3min

76.

Is There in Your Soul That You Can Find One Beautiful Thing to Say About Yourself?

6min

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EPISODE LINKS:
Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice
Michael’s Community: https://malice.locals.com/
Michael’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5tj5QCpJKIl-KIa4Gib5Xw
Michael’s Website: http://michaelmalice.com/about/
Yaron’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yaronbrook
Yaron’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ybrook
Yaron’s Website: https://yaronbrookshow.com/

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:43) – Desert island thought experiment
(15:00) – Communism
(18:30) – Immanuel Kant
(19:39) – Donald Hoffman
(30:10) – DMT elves
(38:52) – Humility
(55:45) – Jordan Peterson and religion
(1:05:23) – Ben Shapiro: facts don’t care about your feelings
(1:19:23) – Why Ayn Rand is controversial
(1:41:01) – Selfishness
(1:44:43) – Communism and fascism
(2:11:42) – Authoritarianism
(2:20:02) – Bitcoin
(2:46:13) – Anarchy debate
(3:44:08) – Dangers of communism
(3:49:47) – Favorite character in Ayn Rand s Atlas Shrugged
(3:58:25) – Advice for young people
(4:15:24) – Does love require sacrifice?
(4:23:12) – Back to the island

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Lex Fridman Podcast

#178 – Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy

Episode guests

Christian Themes in Judaism: Exploring Guilt and Cultural Mechanisms

Capitalism Is the Negation of the Fed

The Fed's power base and the role of elites in bailouts

The Possibility of Fascism Emerging in America

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