The Dan Norton Show

This is my first members-only video on YouTube. It is accessible to all levels of channel membership and became available on August 1, 2026. 28 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #14 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Not all topics are included below] 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat 21:10 Call with Kuledawg on abortion 33:14 Sports Fentanyl Feminism Antitrust 1:13:...

26 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #13 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat 32:41 Call with Anthony on abortion for a few minutes Engaging with chat ~51:00 I am muted by accident until ~52:20 1:18:44 Call with a Marxist, “dinkleton,” on capitalism Island case 1:32:04 End of call and closing thoughts Engaging with chat Copying chat 1:5...

23 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #12 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Can we all be capitalists? [...] ~0:29:00 Middle East policy ~0:53:00 Fix echo Self-respect Death penalty ~1:07:00 Enabling communism Thoughts on Israel's genocide Would you rather live under fascism or communism? [...] ~1:19:00 ICE ~1:20:00 Abortion ~1:23:00 United Arab Emirate...

The Dan Norton Show, 25 July 2026 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro 5:45 Debate review preliminaries The meaning of "objective" Objective Ethics and Ayn Rand 13:22 Objective Ethics' opening statement begins The meaning of "objective" Objective Ethics and Ayn Rand Morality and free will Social view of morality "Stance-independent" 28:15 The epistemological sense of "objective" Morality and hypothetical...

0:00 Intro 0:56 Civilian casualties Collectivism Aggression Egoism and intuitions Body double, experience machine thought experiment "Indiscriminate" Brainwashing Targeting civilian infrastructure U.S. and the Middle East Consequentialism End of call 1:24:50 Engaging with Hegel Fan in chat _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This call is an excerpt from my July 21, 2026 livestream on TikTok. The full livestream...

17 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #10 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Raising money Recording the chat Adjusting my background More talk about money issues What is your response to people calling you a fed? Blocking chatters Yaron Brook 29:39 Call with Isaac on abortion Being an individual 40:14 End of call Engaging with chat Objectivism and Israe...

14 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #9 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat Selecting a caller 18:23 Call with PHAQT “Are you a fact?” [...] ~0:52:30 End of call Turning down a requester (Constantine Chronicles) "Running" Finding my next guest 1:04:11 Call with gottastudymax Billionaires Marxism 1:15:22 End of call Trying to eliminate...

God, Israel, logic, abortion, egoism, leftism, collectivism, etc. w/ an Ayn Rand fan & philosophy Ph. D. by Dan Norton

8 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #7 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:10 Intro Why is altruism bad? Black and white thinking Are you a libertarian? Psychological or ethical egoism? 12:01 Call with shovelheadjesse 20:46 Call with IG Petrae Trump vs. Harris Taxes and tariffs China and Taiwan 33:26 Call with Scott Egoism and altruism Testing my phone number 51:...

4 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #6 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Fixing choppiness/echo Choosing a guest 15:36 Call with Kenneth Israel FactsStillMatter joins chat Settlements in West Bank Conquering land in 1948 33:40 FactsStillMatter joins call Topics on my background Altruism and egoism Capitalism Environmental regulation Voluntary charity F...

22 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #5 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat Philosophy of mind Israel Am I a moderate? Trump vs. capitalism 17:20 Call with Corey Kalam argument for God The universe, time, Big Bang, infinite Moral subjectivism, pleasure and pain Moral realism 35:46 End of call Senses of "subjective" and "objective" 43:3...

19 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #4 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat Finding more mods Guests on past/future lives 19:20 Call with "Dragon" on Israel Why is Israel good? Egypt "Genocide" Civilian casualties Interruptions, condescension, end of call Finding my next guest 38:12 Call with _ _ _ Determinism, free will, and fatalism...

17 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #3 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat Adding mods 12:08 Call with Yh Describing Ayn Rand's views Collectivism Self-interest 41:17 End of call 44:00 Call with K Nebulous/abstract values Definitions Is valuing admiration from others actionable? Self-interest and society "Happiness consists in the beh...

15 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #2 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Why is faith bad? What is the argument for egoism? My live is flagged for hate speech and hateful behavior Deciding which call to take Why did my live get flagged? Moderating chat 35:06 Call with offbeatkoti Max Stirner Individualism Hedonism 41:12 End of call Interaction with Li...

The Dan Norton Show, 18 June 2026, Livestream #106 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:02 Intro TikTok Ukraine/Russia Schubert 27:23 Call with Dan about Israel Palestinians and rights Libertarians and war Civilian casualties Genocide Individualism vs. collectivism Indians Bombing Japan in WW2 Uyghurs Genocide 1:27:16 My evaluation of the Iran war, and Yaron Brook's 1:34:53 Did I ever support Trump? Order of readi...

On June 10, 2026, I hosted a livestream on TikTok. It was the first time I got a lot of engagement on that platform. I had four guests on for discussion/debate, including a communist and a Ph. D. candidate in philosophy. Topics included capitalism, Marxism, and Israel. More details (along with timestamps) below. My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Prelimi...

The Dan Norton Show, 11 June 2026, Livestream #105 I did two earlier streams on the same day, but I ended them due to technical difficulties. The first of the two earlier streams was only about ten minutes and was mostly without any audio; I deleted it. The second of the two earlier streams can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ofqeff01mNg. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Troubleshooting technic...

The Dan Norton Show, 6 June 2026, Livestream #104 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:03 Intro Thumbnail/background changes 9:04 I turned off ads for this livestream 12:45 Reading update: Industrial Revolution, especially, textiles Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Screening a call 25:25 Call with Dillon on grounding "good" and "bad" (and grounding more generally) Existence exists Conditional ethics Rights...

The Dan Norton Show, 1 June 2026, Livestream #103 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro 0:22 Ads on my videos 8:03 Call with Simon Hierarchies in philosophy Knowledge for its own sake Mathematics and art The universe, time, space & Big Bang 1:44:05 End of call and my closing thoughts 1:56:54 Call with Tony on Israel and genocide (The first ~13 minutes of Tony's audio is lost--sorry.) Netanyahu and Hamas Gr...

The Dan Norton Show, 27 May 2026, Livestream #102 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro 4:51 My TikTok debate last night with a Communist (Vegan Bolshevik) Airlines and covid Emergency case Is Ayn Rand good? Reading update: oil & railroad industries, steam engines Ayn Rand and Social Security 31:41 Call with Ricky re: taxes, funding police/military 38:09 End of call Chatting with a minor Troll(?) calls (wh...

The Dan Norton Show, 22 May 2026, Livestream #101 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Humans & fetuses syllogism Stirner Israel Why is theism bad? 51:53 Call with Austin re: immigration Nihilism Racism America exceptionalism A nation isn't property 1:12:07 "Invasion" Israel Ethiopian example Unlimited democracy (Audio trouble for under a minute) Constitutional support "Invasion" Racism and immigration 1:...

The Dan Norton Show, 17 May 2026, Livestream #100 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:08 Intro 7:28 Job paths for philosophy majors AI impact on grad school / higher education 13:54 Are you afraid of AI psychosis? (Super Chat) My use of AI 33:07 Is the Bible a good book? The garden of Eden 54:40 Call with Conrad How do we know we're experiencing reality and not just something in our minds? Consciousness has an ob...

On 15 May 2026, I called the livestream of @PiscoLitty , a leftist lawyer and legal/political commentator, and we discussed many deep, philosophic issues. 0:00 Preliminaries, sound check 1:12 Intro to me and my channel 1:41 Pisco’s background with Ayn Rand 2:18 Metaethics: Stance (in)dependence Metaphysics and epistemology 5:33 Subjectivism, Kant, and skepticism 15:29 Two meanings of “objective” 2...

The Dan Norton Show, 12 May 2026, Livestream #99 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:06 Intro 6:59 Comments on @ObjectiveEthics 's stream with an anti-natalist MAID (Medical Assistance In Death) 13:19 How long did you PhD take? 18:40 Reading update: Second Book of Samuel Screening a call 26:27 Call with Austin on abortion, etc. When does life begin? When does a human begin? The adjective and noun sense of "human"...

The Dan Norton Show, 7 May 2026, Livestream #98 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Updates to my thumbnail/background 7:11 Reading update: First Book of Samuel Am I pro-US/Israel/West? More about my thumbnail/background 13:37 My recent social media posts on taxation and abortion I was re-posted by the Libertarian Party 21:13 Where do rights come from? Screening a caller 31:54 Call with John about where...