Yaron Brook Takes on Myth Busting the Ideas of Ayn Rand, An Interview with Nigel Howitt
In this episode Yaron Brook chats with NigelHorwitt, host of the podcast Living Outside the Matrix. Nigel presents myths around Ayn Rand's ideas, and Yaron busts the mainstream media ill conceived interpretations. Timings are approximate 01:00 – About Yaron Brook 02:35 – Introducing Ayn Rand 05:15 – Ayn Rand’s ideas in a nutshell 07:10 – The Matrix metaphor explained 09:00 – Finding truth and busting myths 10:30 – The myth that socialism is a solution 14:10 – The individual 14:50 - The failure of socialism. 17:00 – Control and exploitation through indoctrinating towards living for others. 19:05 – The myth of Statism 20:45 – The non-discrimination of the welfare state 24:35 – The failure of Venezuela 28:30 – Definition of Capitalism as a system of freedom 31:00 - the benefits of Capitalism 33:20 - The myth of capitalism persists due to Altruism 34:15 - The myth of Altruism 36:15 - The link between the myths of Altruism and Capitalism 37:10 - Rational self-interest is the only self-interest 38:20 - The myth that we create our own reality - subjectivism 39:30 - Absorbing Philosophical convictions by cultural osmosis 40:00 - The power and necessity of reason 42:00 - Philosophy off the agenda of modern 'education' 42:10 - Religion as a poor man's philosophy 43:15 - The importance of thinking 44:20 - The nature of emotions 47:20 - Hunches and intuition 49:05 - The myth that mysticism is a valid means to knowledge 50:50 - The myth of One-ness (spiritual collectivism) 52:30 - A look to the future Recorded by Nigel Howitt on March 30, 2018 as a virtual interview. For more podcasts with Nigel Howitt see the Lawful Rebel podcast station at / @lawfulrebeltv or go to the Lawful Rebel Website at http://www.lawfulrebel.com. Like what you hear? Become a sponsor member, get exclusive content and support the creation of more videos like this at https://www.yaronbrookshow.com/support/, Subscribestar https://www.subscribestar.com/yaronbr... or direct through PayPal: paypal.me/YaronBrookShow. Want more? Tune in to the Yaron Brook Show on YouTube ( / ybrook . Continue the discussions anywhere on-line after show time using #YaronBrookShow. Connect with Yaron via Tweet @YaronBrook or follow him on Facebook @ybrook and YouTube (/YaronBrook). Want to learn more about Objectivism? Check out ARI at https://ari.aynrand.org.
