#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism

Yaron Brook is a objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author.
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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 (06:28)
- Principles of a life well lived (14:35) - Free will (20:50) -
Nature of reality (29:28) - Ayn Rand (1:01:11) - Objectivism
(1:26:29) - Godel Incompleteness Theorem (1:31:36) - Capitalism
(2:01:22) - Virtue of selfishness (2:11:27) - Win-win (2:17:31) -
Anarchy (2:36:24) - Tribalism and division (2:40:42) - Objectivism
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