Veganism & “animal rights”; “Objectivist art”; Trump’s budget bill; etc. - 5/21/25 #24

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 The Romantic Manifesto, romantic realism, other art (IdealGame) 1:09:31 Darwin’s chats, Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill: wind/solar subsidies and Republicans (Darwin) 1:16:38 More on art: Aristotle, “Objectivist art,” Casablanca, Calumet K (Ryan Schenk, Robert Nasir) 1:24:46 Screening someone out of the Zoom waiting room  Engaging with chat 1:39:08 Reading update: Mandate for Palestine and Mandatory Palestine Engaging with chat, blocking someone 1:52:31 Andrew Bernstein and Trump (John Wayne) 2:02:39 What’s your outlook on humanity? Optimistic? (RW) Blocking someone, screening someone out of the Zoom waiting room 2:12:20 CRISPR funding, taxes are coercive and de-incentivizing (Darwin) 2:15:30 Outro www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate