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

Michael Malice is an anarchist. Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Both
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (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