2022-08-21 - Reclaiming the Joyful High Ground - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep124.txt In which Robert & Amy talk Altruism versus Benevolence, Self-Sacrifice versus Generosity and Kindness. Also, Hawaii joins the Union, the Mona Lisa disappears, Christopher Robin is born, a Supertramp favorite is reclaimed, and much more! On This Date: ------------------- 1959 - Hawaii Becomes the 50th State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii 1897 - The Olds Motor Works is Founded by Ransom Eli Olds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransom_... 1911 - The Theft of The Mona Lisa https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/18/world/... 1920 - Christopher Robin’s Birthday The Rain Rain Rain (came Down Down Down) • Video Sebastian Cabot (John Cleese?), Sterling Holloway https://movies.disney.com/the-many-ad... 2004 - Michael Phelps Wins His Eighth Medal at the Athens Olympics https://www.biography.com/athlete/mic... Throbbing Prawn - The Michael Phelps Song by Ron Tool and The Capitalists • Throbbing Prawn - The Michael Phelps Song ... Happy Birthday, Peter Weir (born 1944, age 77) The Year of Living Dangerously, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weir Also, Happy Birthdays to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, born in 1973 in Moscow, USSR, turns 49 (net worth of $96 billion), and Jamaican runner Usain Bolt, born in 1986, who turns 36 today Internet Self-Care Day / 11-tips-for-internet-self-care-day What Are We Listening To This Week? ------------------------------------------------- Capitalism: Who Do U Work 4? - Life on Earth with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 60 • Capitalism: Who Do U Work 4? - Life on Ear... Do You Believe In Sex After Marriage? | Keeping It Real with James Valliant & Robert Nasir • Should You Have Sex After Marriage? | Keep... Give A Little Bit - Supertramp • Give A Little Bit Donovan - There is a Mountain • Donovan - There is a Mountain Who's Who? Objectivist Workshop Participants Named: https://www.hbletter.com/forum/member... Links You Need: ------------------------- Peikoff's "The Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy" | James Valliant, Robert and Amy Nasir • Peikoff's "The Analytic-Synthetic Dichotom... Helping Others Makes Us Happier -- But It Matters How We Do It by Elizabeth Dunn • Helping others makes us happier -- but it ... The Ayn Rand Lexicon - Altruism http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/alt... The Ayn Rand Lexicon - Sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sac... Robert Nasir on substack: It Comes Down To This... https://robertnasir.substack.com/p/it... Robert Nasir on YouTube / robertnasir Mission Statement: Thrive. Episode Link: • 2022-08-21 - Reclaiming the Joyful High Gr... Tags: Altruism Generosity Philosophy Objectivism Ayn Rand Links to Past Episodes and More: RobertNasir.com Subscribe! / robertnasir Support the Show! Monthly: Patreon.com/RobertNasir One-Time: PayPal.me/RobertNasir