The Dan Norton Show

0:00 Intro 1:21 Ayn Rand, libertarianism, coercion, and authoritarianism 10:03 Capitalism and history, individualism and collectivism 16:52 Current U.S. politics: Trump, Democrats & Republicans, the long-game 22:05 Coercion, water pollution, private property 26:33 The U.S. Constitution, voluntary funding of government, foreign policy 34:15 The growth of government and the rate of progress 38:12 Re...

17 August 2025 Livestream #44 0:05 Intro New background Atheism 1:09:31 Anarcho-capitalism (usernameryan) 1:52:06 Reading update: Albany Plan 1754, Stamp Act 1765 1:58:31 My Reddit thread on capitalism/mixed-economy 2:27:00 Be part of my first 1,000 subscribers? And get a perk? 2:45:34 Will I call The Majority Report with Sam Seder again? (usernameryan) 2:54:27 Antitrust Engaging with chat, outro...

14 August 2025 Livestream #43 0:02 Intro, Reddit, etc. 13:48 Reading update: Early American history, Stamp Act, Indians and tribalism, First Thanksgiving Individualism vs. conformity Are sentient robots or digital consciousness possible? Is consciousness reducible? 1:18:08 Call with Latent Prion 1:24:30 Break 1:32:15 Call with Latent Prion (continued) Moral realism vs. moral anti-realism Facts vs....

11 August 2025 Livestream #42 0:03 Intro 1:58 Reading update: Early American history, Navigation acts 12:28 Carjacking video X Polling chat about whether to show insults, etc., on X Blocking insulters, etc. on X 42:00 Replies on X re: immigration Art 51:38 Art vs non-art (Theo) Can paint smears (e.g., Jackson Pollock) count as art? 1:00:20 Decoration vs. art, Rand’s definition of art Timing out B...

8 August 2025 Livestream #41 0:07 Intro, new subscribers, last livestream in Videos section 10:25 My X analytics 19:39 My OCON photo, etc. (Friend Harper, Robert, Jason) 34:52 The Majority Report: Not sure I'll call it again (H Charlie Bodkin) 43:27 Reading update: Bible/God 1:02:06 Break til 1:10:12 1:11:44 Call with Friend Harper Who wrote the Bible? My reading about the Constitutional Conventio...

2 August 2025, Livestream #40 0:04 Intro 2:29 Welcome to my 35 new subscribers from Facebook! 4:22 [I cut about seven minutes of the original livestream at this point due to audio problems. You can see my Facebook post and hear the music that goes with it here: https://www.facebook.com/dan.norton.1428/posts/10164321952288338.] 7:08 Also need 4,000 hours of watch time in the last 12 months to be mo...

31 July 2025 Livestream #39 0:03 Intro 4:02 Fake Gaza images https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkrHh-d4FA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQx1Qy5Z5fA 11:24 Bible/Israel reading update 14:30 Internet connection problem starts 24:38 Israel (continued after connection problem) 29:38 What New Deal program are we happy that Reagan cut the most? (Ben Franklin) Spending/tax cuts under Reagan 44:15 Interne...

29 July 2025 Livestream #38 0:11 Intro 4:24 Update on my reading about Israel and the Bible Stream time/length; possible topic: Social media replies; engaging with Uzi and others in chat 39:38 Call with Uzi from Israel Aliyah (bet) & Ha'apala Air raids in Israel He heard my superchat on Yaron Brook's show 47:30 Defining what ethics is The principle of two definitions Ethics as a guide for how to l...

19 July 2025 Livestream #37 0:00 Intro, miscellaneous 6:27 AI overview of last stream 15:00 Testing phone # masking in Zoom 26:54 First chats of the day (Cleric and Bach) 32:05 Call w/ Dr. Bach Ho about honesty, etc. Lying on a resume 1:16:23 "White lies" 1:23:15 Polling the chat on whether lying on a resume is moral 1:35:22 Inducing principles Engaging with chat while Bach takes a break 1:57:32 O...

16 July 2025 Livestream #36 0:00 Intro, OCON in Boston 21:57 Leviticus 42:19 My post re: ICE raids on Facebook Poll re: virtual background 58:54 Break for several minutes 1:22:22 Commenting on comments on my Facebook post on ICE raids Miscellaneous, 2:27:55 Pronouncing “Prague” 2:39:57 Justice vs. vengeance, and 9/11 (Jason) 2:48:22 Break 2:59:46 Justice/vengeance and super heroes 3:09:52 Jason Ad...

28 June 2025 Livestream #35 0:00 Intro, reading update 6:18 Stolen concepts, “value,” “Property is theft,” free will and knowledge, “ought implies can” (Matthew Stroud) 41:01 Commenting on the last stream’s chat (Evolutionary Capitalism-Utilitarianism, RW, Matthew Stroud). Commentary ends at 1:47:50. Engaging with chat 1:52:03 Break for a few minutes Engaging with chat (continued) about anarchy, c...

25 June 2025 Livestream #34 0:00 New background 4:28 My appearance (of sorts) on The Yaron Brook Show (via someone's Super chat) 11:18 NY Mayoral race (John), cross-promotion with Meghann? 13:59 The Objectivist definition of self-interest, etc. (Evolutionary Capitalism-Utilitarianism, Robert Nasir, RW, John) 55:07 The role of pain w/ Wade Passage from Rand about pleasure/pain Levels of consciousne...

21 June 2025 Livestream #33 0:00 Intro, some astronomy talk Is the universe finite? Is the universe expanding? Time dilation Blocking someone (Darwin?) Specialization & philosophy AI's impact on humans Time dilation The unity of knowledge Charles Tew Utopia 1:01:26 Break for about six minutes Utopia (continued) and infinity Progress vs. Luddites Worthiness and productivity Time Blocking another ac...

18 June 2025 Livestream #32 0:09 Intro, reading update: The Book of Genesis 5:25 Man's smallness/weakness in the Bible relative to God vs. Rand's view of yourself as the highest value, pride 8:59 Man's life as the standard of value Virtues as evidence of how Rand understands "man's life" 14:45 Heroes in Ayn Rand's novels, standards of measurement/value 20:59 Blocked chatter from last show 22:55 Wh...

14 June 2025 Livestream #31 0:00 Israel & Iran www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate

11 June 2025 Livestream #30 0:00 Intro, update on reading, video scripts Engaging with chat 13:09 The Bible, who owns the land in Palestine? (Darwin) 22:10 Call w/Wade re: capitalism The political spectrum as defined by freedom and coercion Economic vs. political power Respect and capitalism Capitalism and the endless pursuit of money Money and influence, capitalism and alienation Helping others M...

7 June 2025 Livestream #29 0:00 Intro 4:50 Sex, gender, and evolution (Darwin) 17:55 Self-interest and morality (Evolutionary Capitalism-Utilitarianism) 37:55 Libertarianism, anarchy, and dictatorship, Somalia (Ben Franklin) 48:29 break for a few minutes 55:55 Engaging with chat on gender, ethics, self-interest, self-sacrifice 1:13:55 Strawman of Rand, reading recommendations (Luk) 1:25:50 "What...

Debating free will vs. determinism, etc. w/ Daniel & mange - 4 June 2025 Livestream #28 by Dan Norton

31 May 2025 Livestream #27 0:07 Intro 3:32 My David Pakman video scripts 9:57 How familiar are you with the Objectivist epistemology? (Simon Grassi) 15:02 Reading update: British mandate in Palestine. Wikipedia. 16:53 ​​Is your YouTube channel your full-time job? (Meghann) 24:11 The concept of "objective": metaphysical and epistemological senses, etc. (Simon Grassi) 39:48 Why do you think capitali...

28 May 2025 Livestream #26 0:07 Intro 4:43 Reading update: Mandatory Palestine, riots 8:28 Realism and anti-realism, to be is to be something (Aaron) 15:17 Introducing philosophy and its value (Abdul) 21:45 Realism and anti-realism (continued) (Aaron) 34:03 Call w/Denis re: (in)determinism, quantum physics, & free will 1:13:54 Engaging with chat and people trying to call in 1:46:01 Call w/ Jason A...

5/24/25 Livestream #25 0:00 Intro, new number for call screening Call with Darwin 13:48 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, gov't regulation 37:40 Irish potato famine 41:19 Environmental issues 48:15 A little about Darwin  50:05 Call ends Engaging with chat 55:25 What is your position on the morality of abortion? (luh_ego) Call with Marc 1:00:30 Call starts 1:03:34 Environmentalism: "Back to the Pleist...

5/21/25 Livestream #24 0:00 Audio problem (I was muted) 2:19 Audio starts, channel updates 6:54 Veganism and “animal rights” (Dr Alpha) 19:31 “We never had to take any of it seriously” and the benevolent universe (Robert Nasir) Blocking people 42:44 My career: life in academia vs. life as a YouTuber (thoughts prompted by Robert’s chat) Miscellaneous (including blocking someone) 59:50 Ayn Rand’s Th...

This is my second of two livestreams from Saturday, May 17, 2025, Livestream #23 Part B. 0:00 Intro, talking about my previous livestream, from earlier on May 17, 2025, Livestream #:23 Part A, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YJ4vaapu2g 9:00: Call with starts with Meghann Ribbens, a scientist who works in the biopharmaceutical industry 9:52 Meghann on the FDA: safe and effe...

This is my first of two livestreams from Saturday, May 17, 2025, Livestream #23 Part A. 0:00 Intro, update on previous livestream, from Wednesday, May 14, 2025, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p5tRni1hFg 6:18 Call with Darwin starts 9:13 Discussing Social Security w/ Darwin (a Majority Report w/ Sam Seder listener) Social Security as coercive Are vaccines coercive? Typhoid...

5/14/25 Livestream #22 0:00 Intro 4:39 Balfour Declaration 20:44 Determinism: metaphysical or epistemological? (Denis) 32:05 Do I get sponsored or have a connection to the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI)? (Oliver) 42:47 Nietzsche and Rand (Based Shrine) 45:31 Interruption for about 25 minutes 1:10:14 Call with Arran (“Manhattan’s Head” in chat) starts: The Law of Identity (A is A) 1:33:53 Epistemology/pe...