The Dan Norton Show

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...

5/10/25 Livestream #21 0:49 Welcome to Yaron Brook Show listeners! 11:34 How long have you been an atheist? 18:57 The Ottoman Empire and its partition 44:42 Caller. Mostly debating capitalism www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate

5/7/25 Livestream #20 www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy

Jack' Allweil's YouTube: @jackallweil5746 Jack's X: https://x.com/Jack_Allweil 0:00 Trailer 1:02 Intro, the definition of capitalism 9:08 The U.S. as a mixed economy (Social Security) 10:18 What is pure capitalism? 17:03 Intellectual property 30:19 Valid rules, changing the rules & phasing out Social Security 38:49 Fiat currency and central banking 44:22 Book recommendations 47:25 My social media...

5/3/25 Livestream #19 0:00 Consciousness and proving reason (Grant) 28:02 January 6 Engaging with chat 46:55 Call with Darwin re: boycotting & Israel Engaging with chat 1:07:36 Call with Marc re: space exploration, faith & reason Outro www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy

4/30/25 Livestream #18 0:00 Intro, engaging with chat (Luuk) 8:32 Reading update: Medieval England; January 6 16:30 "Orange man bad," "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (Hri) 18:15 "Leonard Peikoff has 'soured' on Trump" (AGOSTI); tariffs 30:31 What Trump should do: Resign; U.S. electoral system; experts (Hri) 47:25 Call w/ Oh_noes117 begins: Is Objectivism open or closed? 1:06:34 Is there anything I di...

4/26/25 Livestream #17 0:00 Calling in by phone 6:36 Trump's January 6 tweets Engaging with chat 45:37 Blocking a chatter Engaging with chat 1:11:24 The popularity of Pope Francis' funeral; my 2005 trip to Rome (saw the Pope) 1:19:34 Invitation to callers 1:29:21 Zoom glitch 1:31:14 Is Trump a dictator? 1:35:07 Call with Christo: Utilitarianism 1:54:11 Break 2:00:18 Call with Christo (continued):...

4/23/25 Livestream #16 0:00 Miscellaneous 14:25 Darwin's comment re: killing Jews (screen share) Miscellaneous; start engaging with chat; short break More about my social media journey (Olex) My first exposure to Rand; The Matrix & Descartes, etc. (Raj) More about my social media journey (Olex) For the New Intellectual Philosophy: Who Needs It Street interviews & The Selfishness Project (AGOSTI) I...

4/19/25 Livestream #15 9:02 IQ and philosophy (Primal) 16:05 Israel, human rights organizations, and the UN (Darwin) 19:42 "Genocide" 36:34 Multiple sex partners & Ayn Rand; prostitution (Chachi) 58:26 Israel, "genocide" (Darwin) 1:09:17 Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, & Aristotle (Latent Prion) 1:17:10 Leonard Peikoff and historians of philosophy (Windelband, Jones, Russell) (Latent Prion) 1:22:25 My view o...

It's a new era for my YouTube channel! I now livestream! And I take live calls! Currently I livestream at least twice a week, usually on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The exact time varies, but if you subscribe to my channel and click the bell for notifications, you should get a notification at least 30 minutes before I go live. Calls are via Zoom—a link to the Zoom call is pinned in the chat...

4/16/25 Livestream #14 11:41 Debating Social Security (Darwin) 29:13 Is human cognition inherently biased? Perceptual vs. conceptual levels (Nidal) 41:43 Social Security and slavery (Darwin & Nidal) 45:37 Israel (Darwin) 47:09 I moderate comments 50:18 Short break 56:22 Israel (Darwin) 58:59 Who is an "Objectivist"? (AGOSTI); art 1:16:44 Israel (Darwin and Nidal) 1:37:35 My career path 1:40:25 Isr...

4/12/25 Livestream #13 7:22 Bridging the "is-ought gap" & Hume 30:28 Is capitalism perfect? 1:03:22 Max Stirner & egoism 1:05:31 "God" www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy

4/9/25 Livestream #12 20:24 My interests/expertise in philosophy & Objectivism 30:47 The (dictionary) definition of selfishness 56:26 Call re: publishing with Latent Prion 1:20:17 Call re: Objectivism's epistemology, etc. with Sacnam B #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy

4/5/25 Livestream #11 16:16 Discussing/debating Israel with chat 1:12:55 Call w/ FriendHarper #aynrand #objectivism #israel #gaza #lebanon #plo #arafat

4/2/25 livestream #10 0:00 Intro, miscellaneous 16:50 Cory Booker segment and my comments on it 47:01 The problem of induction 1:35:55 Debating politics with a listener to The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder 2:35:40 Post-debate chat, outro My last call to The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder, which was mentioned in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4nISYYkxZg #aynrand #majorityreport #samseder...

Elijah's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spotlight7227 0:00 Intro to Objectivism 6:49 Whom do I disagree with the most? 10:19 Objectivist morality, lying, saving a drowning child, religion, persuading people 40:24 Objectivist politics, taxes and regulations; personalizing the issue of force; other countries 1:00:10 Can someone benefit from being coerced? Career example; mob rule and democracy; i...

3/29/25 livestream #9 Here is the OCON live session of the Yaron Brook Show which I participated in and which Meghann and I briefly discussed. My segment starts at 1:25:42 (the following link should take you to that spot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_BOjmKgwWY&t=5142s #aynrand