4+ hour call on Aristotle & Ayn Rand, welfare, "NAP," Iran, pollution, egoism, etc. w Jack; & more!

28 March 2026, Livestream #90 0:00 Intro Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 2:13:40 Call with Jack (Audio trouble: only my side of the convo can be heard for the first couple of minutes.) Some background from Jack Aristotle and Ayn Rand AI and human nature Why shouldn't a rational, self-interested person steal? Living by principle Emergency cases Island scenario Prisoner's dilemma Free riders and taxation, government financing without coercion Welfare and emergencies Phase-in vs. overnight transition to laissez-faire capitalism "Market failures," e.g., monopolies Individual and collective good Taking $10,000 from Elon Musk The "non-aggression principle" (NAP) and "not making people worse off" Philosophic problems can manifest in special sciences such as economics 4:06:11 Does my foreign policy align with ARI's et al's? Or is it non-interventionist? Is the Iran war a pre-emptive war? Is pre-emptive regulation okay? 4:23:50 Pollution [...] Review of "Modern Educayshun": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKcWu0tsiZM [...] Outro _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate #Trump #left #right #altruism #faith #capitalism #atheism #egoism #god