The Michael Shermer Show

197. Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Objectivism

Aug 3, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
2
Unauthorized Autobiography - Sures Says
05:02 • 3min
3
Porto Rican Taxes - How Do They Pay for It?
08:19 • 4min
4
The Scale of the Market Is the Problem
12:00 • 2min
5
Anarchy and Capitalism?
13:56 • 4min
6
We Need a Vaccine
18:08 • 5min
7
Is That Capitalism? Isn't It?
22:44 • 2min
8
The Solution to Racism Is Not to Violate People's Rights
24:28 • 2min
9
The Right to Free Speech
26:36 • 2min
10
Sometimes You Need a War
28:47 • 2min
11
The Korean War and the via Namor Are Necessary
30:26 • 3min
12
The United States Has No Self Interest
33:50 • 2min
13
What's the Libertarian Solution to the Middle East Crisis?
35:41 • 6min
14
I Think It's Not as Bloody as It Sounds
41:16 • 3min
15
Is There a One State Solution?
44:19 • 3min
16
Don't You Have a Moral Obligation to Help Someone?
47:21 • 2min
17
Am I Going to Send My Son?
49:35 • 3min
18
I Don't Think There's a Nine 11
52:19 • 4min
19
Is There a Right Culture?
56:05 • 2min
20
Empiricism
58:32 • 3min
21
The New Social Contract for a Better Society
01:01:05 • 5min
22
The Essence of Government, I'm Not an Anarchist
01:06:11 • 3min
23
The Closer You Get to Socialism, the Better Human You Are
01:09:19 • 2min
24
The Right Wants to Control Business
01:11:48 • 3min
25
Inrand and Atlas Shrugged
01:14:24 • 3min
26
You Didn't Build That on the Public Roads
01:17:11 • 4min
27
Why Are We Even Having a Discussion?
01:21:34 • 6min
28
Black American Schools Are Not Racist, It's About Culture
01:27:12 • 2min
29
The Black Community Needs New Leadership
01:29:15 • 2min
30
The Evil of Collectivism
01:31:22 • 3min
31
Altruism in Ethics
01:34:07 • 4min
32
Morality Is Not About How You Treat Other People
01:38:32 • 4min
33
What Is Morality?
01:42:10 • 3min
34
Morality Is the Core of Morality
01:45:07 • 2min
35
I Love Stephen Pinka, but It's Just Not It
01:46:58 • 3min
36
Morality Is a Set of Principles to Help an Individual Guide His Life
01:49:41 • 2min
37
Objectivism Is a Cult
01:51:27 • 2min
38
I've Been in the Movement Forevern. I Don't Know What Nathaniel Brandon Did
01:53:04 • 5min
39
Are You a Truth Seeker?
01:57:44 • 2min
40
Objectivists Who Are Obnoxious
01:59:55 • 2min
41
Are There Pressures in Society to Conform?
02:01:37 • 3min
42
You Should Have Someone on It, Oh My God.
02:04:13 • 2min
43
You Going to Be in Grand Rapids in South Dakota? Oh, Yes.
02:05:52 • 29sec