The Dan Norton Show

3/26/25 livestream #8

3/22/25 livestream #7 #aynrand #philosophy #objectivism #meritocracy #euromaidan #alexepstein

3/17/25 livestream #6 Here is Benjamin's list of questions, the first three of which we discuss in this livestream: https://benjaminstringer.substack.com/p/questions-for-readers

3/14/25 livestream #5 0:25 I start talking; preliminaries 21:03 I engage with chatters: following the news (or not), my podcast diet Sevak ("New Intellectuals Community" in the chat) 34:06 Intro to me, Alex Epstein 39:56 Intro to Sevak 47:05 Trump, January 6, term limits 59:17 Objectivist political parties 1:01:48 Objectivism and education, Montessori Marc (audio only) 1:05:39 Dealing with irratio...

3/12/25 livestream #4 3:40 I start talking 22:01 Carol Stoddard joins, her discovery of Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged 27:11 Zoom tests with Carol 36:40 Teleology and Kant 48:30 Nixon, Watergate, Ayn Rand and "Philosophy: Who Needs It" https://courses.aynrand.org/works/philosophy-who-needs-it/?nab=1 1:01:06 Closing I expect the live chat replay to show up on YouTube in 12-24 hours from the time the L...

3/10/25 livestream #3 4:07 I start talking 30:09 My social media journey 50:14 Trump and Objectivism 53:13 Leonard Peikoff on Trump

3/8/25 livestream #2 This livestream was a test to see if I could livestream a Zoom call. It worked (eventually)! Things should go smoother in the future as I get more practice with this. 4:50 I start talking 19:27 Charlie Painter Thanks to Charlie Painter for coming on!

3/6/25 livestream #1 This is my first livestream! It was just a test. 11:02 I start interacting with people in the chat #aynrand #livestream #dannorton

0:00 Intro 1:48 Trump, Milei, the “right” and libertarians 9:45 The “Gilded Age,” immigration, inequality, CEOs and kings 15:59 Wages and standard of living across generations 21:21 Boom and bust cycles, central banking vs. free banking, the Great Depression 25:56 “capitalism,” “minarchism” 30:35 Closing, civility #aynrand #capitalism #leftism

Whick's YouTube channel: @Whick-TV 0:00 Intro 2:30 Doing good vs. feeling good, short-run vs. long-run thinking 5:56 Does short-range thinking or being a rude jerk pay off? 10:42 What is the standard of good and bad? Pleasure and pain 18:28 Trump, optionality, limits to a good life, assessing someone’s (lack of) happiness 22:52 Metrics of success 25:34 Christian ethics, “love your enemy,” foreign...

I was interviewed by Boris Reitman of Radio VERA TV (a Russian-language outlet) about a range of topics. More details: 0:00 Intro by Boris Reitman 3:50 Dan joins the call 4:32 The state of the world 6:02 Is technology/social media a net benefit? 11:58 My debates, including with Sam Seder of The Majority Report 15:03 Do I recommend my approach to others? 17:58 Rudeness, anonymity, and blocking 23:0...

Cam's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-politics-with-cam/id1774784856 0:00 Intro 1:38 Ayn Rand’s capitalism: no taxes or regulations (Dan) 3:40 How is government funded without taxes? (Cam, Dan) 9:44 Objections/questions (Cam) 12:05 What if people don’t choose to fund the government voluntarily? (Dan) 15:06 Objections (Cam) 18:43 Replies: Ostracism/boycotting and coercion (Dan)...

The Dan Norton Show #20 0:00 Teaser clips 1:34 Intro to the discussion and to Austin Wood 8:48 What is faith? (Austin) 11:50 What is faith? (Dan): Belief without evidence 13:53 Testimony and degrees of evidence/belief: Is there a BYU campus in Idaho? 35:54 Atheism, agnosticism, and evidence 46:24 Mysticism and faith 53:38 Is there evidence Jesus walked on water? 1:01:33 Does the number of people w...

The Dan Norton Show #19 0:00 Intro 3:09 Mark Brombacher’s transition from Objectivism/libertarianism to faith and the “supernatural” 10:27 What is faith? Belief without evidence 15:37 The evidential continuum (murder example): arbitrary, possible, probable, certain 19:37 Reason as insufficient for belief in God—faith required 24:38 Faith as putting emotions above reason 26:32 “Supernatural”/“paran...

Here's the video I mention at the start of the call: "Did Sam Seder smear Ayn Rand as hypocritical for taking Social Security—and then change his mind?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCFM_hBt2WA Here's the Twitter/X thread I mention at the start of the call: https://twitter.com/dannorton111/status/1836077611124187288 "The Question of Scholarships," by Ayn Rand: https://courses.aynrand.org/works/...

For more on Ayn Rand's view of receiving government assistance, see her essay, "The Question of Scholarships": https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-question-of-scholarships/ Other resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyB11kObzbE "The Myth about Ayn Rand and Social Security," by Onkar Ghate: https://newideal.aynrand.org/what-gave-ayn-rand-the-moral-right-to-collect-social-security/ Full vide...

Liam's TikTok: ProphetDivinityy Liam's YouTube: @ProphetDivinityy 0:00 Intro to Liam 1:36 Topics to cover 3:21 Hedonism and Objectivism 9:41 Ayn Rand passage on life, happiness, and hedonism 12:52 Plants and values 19:29 The fundamental choice, pleasure, and reasons to live 28:26 The Experience Machine 36:08 The immortal robot 37:18 Happiness and other types of pleasure 43:12 The immortal robot (P...

Further discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VOzKYDDkow https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/why-legal-immigration-nearly-impossible# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7TkHIE42-Y #america #immigrants #freedom #unitedstates #immigration #illegal #legal #law #aynrand #objectivism #rights

In this video I explain some basic laws of reality, the Laws of Identity and Noncontradiction, and raise some questions about how transgender people relate to those laws. #transgender #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #axiom #identity #lnc #contradiction #reality #aisa #existence #consistency #logic

Next video in this series: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyyx6zEXD00 All videos in this series: Part 1 (this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl0noYXcvU Part 2: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyyx6zEXD00 Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMbGGomNNc Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V7H7apvKM Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTPusgIjgQ The entire five-part seri...

Next video in this series: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMbGGomNNc All videos in this series: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl0noYXcvU Part 2 (this video): ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyyx6zEXD00 Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMbGGomNNc Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V7H7apvKM Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTPusgIjgQ The entire five-part seri...

Next video in this series: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V7H7apvKM All videos in this series: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl0noYXcvU Part 2: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyyx6zEXD00 Part 3 (this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMbGGomNNc Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V7H7apvKM Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTPusgIjgQ The entire five-part seri...

Next video in this series: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTPusgIjgQ All videos in this series: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl0noYXcvU Part 2: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyyx6zEXD00 Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMbGGomNNc Part 4 (this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V7H7apvKM Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTPusgIjgQ The entire five-part seri...

This is the last video in a five-part series about capitalism. All videos in this series: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tl0noYXcvU Part 2: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyyx6zEXD00 Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMbGGomNNc Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V7H7apvKM Part 5 (this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTPusgIjgQ The entire five-part series in a si...

In this video, I interview Dr. Bach Ho, an Objectivist philosophy Ph. D., about Organic Intelligence®, “an approach to healing and growth developed by Steven Hoskinson.” Bach's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrBachHo 0:00 Introduction 0:46 What is Organic Intelligence®? 3:42 Organic Intelligence® and Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism 15:54 Organic Intelligence®, capacity, and intensity (furt...