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Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy | Lex Fridman Podcast #178
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:33 - Desert island thought experiment
7:50 - Communism
11:20 - Immanuel Kant
12:29 - Donald Hoffman
23:00 - DMT elves
31:42 - Humility
48:35 - Jordan Peterson and religion
58:13 - Ben Shapiro: facts don't care about your feelings
1:12:14 - Why Ayn Rand is controversial
1:33:51 - Selfishness
1:37:33 - Communism and fascism
2:04:32 - Authoritarianism
2:12:52 - Bitcoin
2:39:03 - Anarchy debate
3:36:58 - Dangers of communism
3:42:37 - Favorite character in Ayn Rand s Atlas Shrugged
3:51:15 - Advice for young people
4:08:14 - Does love require sacrifice?
4:16:02 - Back to the island
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have one, because I'm not a wordsmith.", 'start': 2133.95, 'duration': 2.602}, {'end': 2137.532, 'text': 'This is not my strength.', 'start': 2136.652, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 2147.119, 'text': 'But humility is a word from the Christian ethics, and it means something very specific in the field of ethics.', 'start': 2138.653, 'duration': 8.466}, {'end': 2151.902, 'text': 'And it means the opposite of what I think virtue requires.', 'start': 2147.639, 'duration': 4.263}, {'end': 2154.906, 'text': "It's demeaning.", 'start': 2153.884, 'duration': 1.022}, {'end': 2156.129, 'text': "It's to put you down.", 'start': 2155.006, 'duration': 1.123}, {'end': 2160.14, 'text': "It's to resist pride.", 'start': 2156.41, 'duration': 3.73}, {'end': 2161.604, 'text': 'And I think pride is a very important thing.', 'start': 2160.18, 'duration': 1.424}, {'end': 2162.958, 'text': "I don't know, Yaron.", 'start': 2161.837, 'duration': 1.121}], 'summary': 'Humility, a word from christian ethics, opposes 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more I know, the more I know I know, the easier it is for me to learn from other people.', 'start': 2512.634, 'duration': 6.673}], 'summary': 'Constant self-questioning is fulfilling and facilitates learning from others.', 'duration': 26.047, 'max_score': 2493.26, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ2493260.jpg'}, {'end': 2888.803, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2858.274, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2858.794, 'text': "No, it won't.", 'start': 2858.274, 'duration': 0.52}, {'end': 2867.116, 'text': 'But elevating Jesus, exactly, elevating Jesus to a superhero status for one of the most immoral acts in human history is horrific.', 'start': 2859.294, 'duration': 7.822}, {'end': 2871.938, 'text': "So yeah, I mean, I'm opposed to God sacrificing his own son, never mind my son.", 'start': 2867.296, 'duration': 4.642}, {'end': 2873.538, 'text': 'Yeah, let him go do it to his own son.', 'start': 2872.238, 'duration': 1.3}, {'end': 2875.019, 'text': "But he didn't kill Isaac, he killed the goat.", 'start': 2873.558, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 2877.019, 'text': "The story's about Abraham, not about God.", 'start': 2875.279, 'duration': 1.74}, {'end': 2880.68, 'text': 'First of all, God is mean, right, to put Abraham through that.', 'start': 2877.499, 'duration': 3.181}, {'end': 2886.902, 'text': "But Abraham has to assume that he's going to kill his son and he lifts his, he's going to do it.", 'start': 2881.08, 'duration': 5.822}, {'end': 2888.803, 'text': 'And he stopped.', 'start': 2887.402, 'duration': 1.401}], 'summary': 'Opposition to elevating jesus to superhero status for an immoral act in human history.', 'duration': 30.529, 'max_score': 2858.274, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ2858274.jpg'}, {'end': 3164.461, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3135.33, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 3138.292, 'text': 'We can figure out morality from human nature and from reality.', 'start': 3135.33, 'duration': 2.962}, {'end': 3142.676, 'text': "uh so so i don't think we need religion anymore.", 'start': 3139.133, 'duration': 3.543}, {'end': 3148.441, 'text': 'i think i think religion needed to die probably about 200 years ago and and was dying.', 'start': 3142.676, 'duration': 5.765}, {'end': 3150.162, 'text': 'i think up until kant it was.', 'start': 3148.441, 'duration': 1.721}, {'end': 3154.586, 'text': "it seemed to be dying, and one of kant's missions, as he says, is to revive religion.", 'start': 3150.162, 'duration': 4.424}, {'end': 3157.208, 'text': 'uh, against attack of reason in the enlightenment.', 'start': 3154.586, 'duration': 2.622}, {'end': 3161.112, 'text': 'now mythology is a little different, because it depends what you mean by mythology.', 'start': 3157.208, 'duration': 3.904}, {'end': 3164.461, 'text': 'certainly we need stories And certainly we need art.', 'start': 3161.112, 'duration': 3.349}], 'summary': 'Morality can be understood from human nature and reality; religion was dying 200 years ago, and we need stories and art.', 'duration': 29.131, 'max_score': 3135.33, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ3135330.jpg'}, {'end': 3350.814, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3286.246, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3289.787, 'text': "It's one thing to sit down and say, these are the people who move us forward.", 'start': 3286.246, 'duration': 3.541}, {'end': 3292.008, 'text': 'These are the values that are important.', 'start': 3290.248, 'duration': 1.76}, {'end': 3298.531, 'text': 'When you experience it through a story, through a movie, through a TV show, a poem, a painting, it affects people.', 'start': 3292.488, 'duration': 6.043}, {'end': 3301.493, 'text': 'in a very visceral, very different way.', 'start': 3299.411, 'duration': 2.082}, {'end': 3303.095, 'text': 'Talk about American history.', 'start': 3302.054, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 3306.458, 'text': 'You have the founding fathers, then you have the myth of the founding fathers.', 'start': 3303.435, 'duration': 3.023}, {'end': 3317.068, 'text': 'Now, unfortunately, the term myth often means lie, but it could mean, in a useful sense, an abstraction to help you systematize and concretize ideas.', 'start': 3306.598, 'duration': 10.47}, {'end': 3319.711, 'text': 'So you have the myth of Reagan, you have the myth of Thatcher.', 'start': 3317.429, 'duration': 2.282}, {'end': 3322.814, 'text': 'The reality often falls very short.', 'start': 3319.731, 'duration': 3.083}, {'end': 3330.98, 'text': 'But when you look at how these different figures are mythologized, not only is it very inspirational on a personal level,', 'start': 3323.314, 'duration': 7.666}, {'end': 3337.865, 'text': "very motivating on a personal level, it's also a great way to concretize ideas, because just how humans think.", 'start': 3330.98, 'duration': 6.885}, {'end': 3343.008, 'text': "It's one thing to think about ideas, but when you see someone who embodies these ideas Miss America,", 'start': 3337.905, 'duration': 5.103}, {'end': 3344.65, 'text': "you know I was saying earlier I hadn't asked her on my show.", 'start': 3343.008, 'duration': 1.642}, {'end': 3350.814, 'text': 'These people might be jerks, but when you look at them one specific aspect of their life and you extrapolate it,', 'start': 3345.35, 'duration': 5.464}], 'summary': 'Stories and myths shape history, inspiring and concretizing ideas for people.', 'duration': 64.568, 'max_score': 3286.246, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ3286246.jpg'}], 'start': 2114.154, 'title': 'The impact of humility and culture on personal growth', 'summary': "Explores humility's significance on decision-making, discusses the influence of jewish culture on self-esteem, emphasizes pursuing personal goals despite societal pressures, and advocates for the importance of art and storytelling in society.", 'chapters': [{'end': 2261.452, 'start': 2114.154, 'title': 'Redefining humility', 'summary': 'Explores the concept of humility and its impact, debating its significance and applicability in the context of ethics and personal growth, while discussing its influence on decision-making and self-perception.', 'duration': 147.298, 'highlights': ['Humility is debated as a concept, with the debate centering on its relevance and appropriateness, highlighting the impact of humility on self-perception and decision-making.', 'The discussion challenges the traditional definition of humility, emphasizing the importance of pride and self-worth in personal growth and ethical considerations.']}, {'end': 2472.479, 'start': 2261.452, 'title': 'Influence of jewish culture on self-esteem', 'summary': 'Discusses the influence of jewish culture, particularly on russian and eastern european jews, in instilling feelings of guilt and inadequacy, impacting self-esteem and aspirations, and emphasizes the importance of pursuing personal goals despite societal pressures and expectations.', 'duration': 211.027, 'highlights': ['Jewish culture instills a real Christian theme about guilt, particularly among Russian and Eastern European Jews, impacting self-esteem and happiness. The influence of Christian themes in Judaism, particularly among Russian and Eastern European Jews, in cultivating feelings of guilt and inadequacy, negatively impacting self-esteem and happiness.', 'The cultural mechanism of putting individuals down and inflicting guilt is destructive to self-esteem and happiness. The cultural mechanism of instilling guilt and putting individuals down within Jewish culture is highlighted as having a destructive impact on self-esteem and happiness.', 'Encouraging young individuals to pursue their aspirations and take pride in personal accomplishments, despite societal expectations and familial pressures. The importance of encouraging young individuals to pursue their aspirations, take pride in personal accomplishments, and resist societal and familial pressures is emphasized.', 'Challenging societal and familial expectations by advocating for personal fulfillment and accomplishment, even if it means being a mediocre, but proud, writer. Challenging societal and familial expectations by advocating for personal fulfillment and accomplishment, even if it means being a mediocre, but proud, writer, rather than aspiring to societal ideals of success.', 'The impact of societal and familial pressures on self-worth and personal fulfillment, and the need to break free from cultural expectations to pursue individual happiness and fulfillment. The impact of societal and familial pressures on self-worth and personal fulfillment is emphasized, urging individuals to break free from cultural expectations and pursue their own happiness and fulfillment.']}, {'end': 2897.227, 'start': 2473.184, 'title': 'The importance of humility in learning and teaching', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of humility in constantly learning from others, with a focus on gaining knowledge, teaching, and the role of humility in politics and religion.', 'duration': 424.043, 'highlights': ["Constantly questioning one's own knowledge and being open to learning from others is crucial for personal and professional growth, as it leads to a broader context and curiosity, allowing one to attract and learn from people with different expertise. Importance of constantly questioning one's knowledge; Broadening context leads to curiosity and attraction towards learning from others.", 'Teaching others and sharing knowledge with younger individuals can be gratifying and fulfilling, as it contributes to making the world a better place and reflects a sense of humility and expertise. Fulfillment in teaching and sharing knowledge; Contribution to making the world a better place; Reflection of humility and expertise.', "Humility is crucial in politics, as it involves recognizing the lack of authority to dictate others' lives, reflecting a lack of humility and being a human being rather than a lack of commitment or force. Importance of humility in politics; Lack of authority to dictate others' lives.", "The discussion on humility extends to its role in religion, particularly Christianity, highlighting the contrast between the traditional interpretation and the speaker's perspective, emphasizing the importance of questioning and not blindly following authority. Contrast between traditional interpretation and speaker's perspective; Importance of questioning and not blindly following authority in religion.", "The chapter delves into the story of Abraham from religious context, contrasting the traditional view of obedience and humility with the speaker's rejection of blind obedience, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking and moral judgment. Contrast between traditional view and speaker's rejection of blind obedience; Emphasis on critical thinking and moral judgment in religious context."]}, {'end': 3388.34, 'start': 2897.447, 'title': 'Value of religion and mythology in society', 'summary': 'Discusses the diminishing value of religion and the evolving role of mythology in society, advocating for the importance of art and storytelling in concretizing abstract ideas, while stating that religion today is a destructive force on the planet.', 'duration': 490.893, 'highlights': ['Religion today is a destructive force on planet Earth, becoming increasingly unnecessary and harmful as philosophy and understanding of reality evolve. The speaker asserts that religion is currently a destructive force and has always been necessary but destructive. It is emphasized that as philosophy explains real life, religion becomes a destructive force, and its impact is seen as bad for life.', 'The evolving role of mythology as a form of art that concretizes abstract ideas and values, emphasizing its importance while denouncing religion as a primitive form of philosophy. The discussion highlights the evolving role of mythology as essential art that concretizes abstract ideas and values. It contrasts religion as a primitive form of philosophy, stating that mythology serves a crucial purpose while religion is becoming increasingly unnecessary and destructive.', 'Advocacy for the importance of art and storytelling in society, as they serve as a way to concretize ideas and values, especially in inspiring and motivating individuals. The importance of art and storytelling in society is emphasized, particularly in inspiring and motivating individuals. It is stated that art and storytelling concretize ideas and values, serving as a powerful and motivating force for individuals.']}], 'duration': 1274.186, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ2114154.jpg', 'highlights': ['The impact of societal and familial pressures on self-worth and personal fulfillment, and the need to break free from cultural expectations to pursue individual happiness and fulfillment.', 'The importance of art and storytelling in society is emphasized, particularly in inspiring and motivating individuals. It is stated that art and storytelling concretize ideas and values, serving as a powerful and motivating force for individuals.', 'The cultural mechanism of instilling guilt and putting individuals down within Jewish culture is highlighted as having a destructive impact on self-esteem and happiness.', 'The importance of encouraging young individuals to pursue their aspirations, take pride in personal accomplishments, and resist societal and familial pressures is emphasized.', "Importance of constantly questioning one's knowledge; Broadening context leads to curiosity and attraction towards learning from others.", 'Fulfillment in teaching and sharing knowledge; Contribution to making the world a better place; Reflection of humility and expertise.', "The chapter delves into the story of Abraham from religious context, contrasting the traditional view of obedience and humility with the speaker's rejection of blind obedience, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking and moral judgment.", 'The evolving role of mythology as a form of art that concretizes abstract ideas and values, emphasizing its importance while denouncing religion as a primitive form of philosophy.', 'Humility is debated as a concept, with the debate centering on its relevance and appropriateness, highlighting the impact of humility on self-perception and decision-making.', 'The discussion challenges the traditional definition of humility, emphasizing the importance of pride and self-worth in personal growth and ethical considerations.', 'Advocacy for the importance of art and storytelling in society, as they serve as a way to concretize ideas and values, especially in inspiring and motivating individuals.']}, {'end': 4165.33, 'segs': [{'end': 3422.278, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3388.62, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 3394.864, 'text': 'And having heard him and the myth of Clayton Anderson, this is going to tell people, yeah, you know what? That could be me.', 'start': 3388.62, 'duration': 6.244}, {'end': 3397.845, 'text': "Absolutely And it's not just happiness.", 'start': 3394.944, 'duration': 2.901}, {'end': 3401.488, 'text': "It's the fact that virtue works, that integrity.", 'start': 3398.266, 'duration': 3.222}, {'end': 3404.429, 'text': "I mean, what's the power of the fountainhead? I know you love the fountainhead.", 'start': 3401.808, 'duration': 2.621}, {'end': 3407.231, 'text': 'Part of the power of the fountainhead is how it works.', 'start': 3404.53, 'duration': 2.701}, {'end': 3411.467, 'text': 'Absolute.. Commitment to integrity.', 'start': 3408.072, 'duration': 3.395}, {'end': 3422.278, 'text': "He is committed to integrity and he's happy, right? And it's very rare in life to see that, to actually see a concrete of that.", 'start': 3411.907, 'duration': 10.371}], 'summary': "Clayton anderson's commitment to integrity and happiness serves as an inspiration.", 'duration': 33.658, 'max_score': 3388.62, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ3388620.jpg'}, {'end': 3610.413, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3567.657, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3571.919, 'text': 'so the idea of when we hear idealism, we think john f kennedy right, is an example.', 'start': 3567.657, 'duration': 4.262}, {'end': 3573.96, 'text': 'you aspire things.', 'start': 3572.279, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 3575.181, 'text': 'you think life could be better than it is.', 'start': 3573.96, 'duration': 1.221}, {'end': 3577.922, 'text': "That's not what it means in a philosophical sense.", 'start': 3575.561, 'duration': 2.361}, {'end': 3583.185, 'text': 'In philosophical idealism, it means ideas are more real than reality.', 'start': 3578.062, 'duration': 5.123}, {'end': 3587.788, 'text': "That I have this idea, then this comes along, it's the reality.", 'start': 3583.665, 'duration': 4.123}, {'end': 3589.428, 'text': "That isn't correct.", 'start': 3588.268, 'duration': 1.16}, {'end': 3590.529, 'text': 'My idea is still correct.', 'start': 3589.628, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 3598.11, 'text': 'A good example of this that you see all the time on the internet is when they refer to Mitt Romney and John McCain as rhinos Republicans in name only.', 'start': 3590.589, 'duration': 7.521}, {'end': 3606.212, 'text': "And it's like who is more a real Republican, the nominee of the party, the senator, the governor of the party,", 'start': 3598.59, 'duration': 7.622}, {'end': 3610.413, 'text': "or some person in your mind who has never existed and there's no evidence for them existing?", 'start': 3606.212, 'duration': 4.201}], 'summary': 'Philosophical idealism: ideas more real than reality. example: perception of political figures.', 'duration': 42.756, 'max_score': 3567.657, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ3567657.jpg'}, {'end': 3663.012, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3635.02, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3637.961, 'text': 'Right And the real reality is this realm of ideas.', 'start': 3635.02, 'duration': 2.941}, {'end': 3644.784, 'text': "So when Ben is saying facts don't care about your feelings, What he is really saying is reality comes first.", 'start': 3638.321, 'duration': 6.463}, {'end': 3648.265, 'text': 'Your feelings have to be a response or a reaction to it.', 'start': 3645.264, 'duration': 3.001}, {'end': 3650.306, 'text': "You can't say, this is how I feel.", 'start': 3648.766, 'duration': 1.54}, {'end': 3651.787, 'text': "This table doesn't care.", 'start': 3650.646, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 3653.928, 'text': 'You can yell at it all day long.', 'start': 3652.247, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 3657.309, 'text': 'It will still be indifferent to your emotional state because it comes first.', 'start': 3654.048, 'duration': 3.261}, {'end': 3659.11, 'text': "So it's a great statement.", 'start': 3657.529, 'duration': 1.581}, {'end': 3661.131, 'text': "I think he's cribbing it from Ayn Rand in a sense.", 'start': 3659.13, 'duration': 2.001}, {'end': 3663.012, 'text': 'I love it.', 'start': 3661.271, 'duration': 1.741}], 'summary': 'Reality comes first, feelings must be a response. facts over emotions.', 'duration': 27.992, 'max_score': 3635.02, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ3635020.jpg'}, {'end': 3782.35, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3749.885, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 3750.505, 'text': "I'm all in.", 'start': 3749.885, 'duration': 0.62}, {'end': 3752.206, 'text': "I'm a love maximalist.", 'start': 3751.145, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 3753.767, 'text': 'i mean i could create.', 'start': 3752.646, 'duration': 1.121}, {'end': 3759.531, 'text': 'we could create an environment on this island where you would really feel emotions like fear is an emotion.', 'start': 3753.767, 'duration': 5.764}, {'end': 3761.232, 'text': 'we could, we could.', 'start': 3759.531, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 3762.693, 'text': "that's the metaphysical terror.", 'start': 3761.232, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 3767.277, 'text': 'we could easily terrorize you to the point where you felt fear, right.', 'start': 3762.693, 'duration': 4.584}, {'end': 3769.738, 'text': 'so we could teach him about emotions.', 'start': 3767.277, 'duration': 2.461}, {'end': 3771.3, 'text': 'but emotions are response to real.', 'start': 3769.738, 'duration': 1.562}, {'end': 3775.683, 'text': 'so some people, for example, you could, you could take five different people and show them exactly the same thing,', 'start': 3771.3, 'duration': 4.383}, {'end': 3782.35, 'text': 'and some of them would feel fear and some of them would actually, you know, feeling different, and other people might feel love right?', 'start': 3775.683, 'duration': 6.667}], 'summary': 'Creating an environment to evoke emotions, such as fear and love, in people on an island.', 'duration': 32.465, 'max_score': 3749.885, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ3749885.jpg'}], 'start': 3388.62, 'title': 'The power of integrity and aligning emotions with reason', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of virtue and integrity in achieving happiness, integrating emotion with reason, prioritizing reality over emotions and ideas, and evaluating emotions as responses to external stimuli. it also critiques detachment from reality exhibited politically and culturally.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3807.056, 'start': 3388.62, 'title': 'The power of integrity and reality', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of virtue and integrity in achieving happiness, the integration of emotion with 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The chapter highlights the significance of virtue and integrity in achieving happiness, with the example of Howard Rourke from 'The Fountainhead' serving as a concrete representation of this success.", "The integration of emotion with reason is discussed, emphasizing the need to align emotions with thinking and reasoning. The discussion emphasizes the importance of aligning emotions with thinking and reasoning, using examples such as the impact of viewing Michelangelo's David in instilling a sense of confidence by aligning emotions with the achievements of the statue's subject.", "The distinction between reality and philosophical idealism is explained, with an emphasis on prioritizing reality over emotions and ideas. The chapter delves into the distinction between reality and philosophical idealism, highlighting the concept that reality takes precedence over emotions and ideas, as exemplified by the statement 'facts don't care about your feelings'.", 'Criticism of the detachment from reality exhibited by both the left and right politically and culturally is presented. The chapter criticizes the detachment from reality displayed by both the left and right politically and culturally, asserting that they often prioritize emotions and ideas over reality, leading to justifications for their failures and detachment from the real world.']}, {'end': 4165.33, 'start': 3807.436, 'title': 'Aligning emotions with reason', 'summary': 'Discusses aligning emotions with reason, using examples like overcoming fear of dogs and the interaction between emotions and reality, emphasizing the importance of evaluating emotions and recognizing them as responses to external stimuli.', 'duration': 357.894, 'highlights': ['Aligning emotions with reason involves conditioning emotions to align with explicit knowledge and consciously evaluated ideas.', 'Overcoming fear of dogs by aligning emotions with reality and explicit knowledge, rather than past traumatic experiences, is emphasized.', 'Emotions are responses to external stimuli and should be recognized and consciously 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emotions with reality and explicit knowledge is emphasized.', 'Emotions are responses to external stimuli and should be recognized and consciously evaluated rather than repressed or judged.', "Emotions are information-laden responses to external stimuli and can provide insights into an individual's values and conclusions."]}, {'end': 5053.912, 'segs': [{'end': 4364.972, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4337.775, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 4346.58, 'text': "Last time I spoke with you on this particular podcast, the amount of emails I've gotten positive and negative, and certainly negative.", 'start': 4337.775, 'duration': 8.805}, {'end': 4348.682, 'text': "I don't usually get negative emails.", 'start': 4346.68, 'duration': 2.002}, {'end': 4350.963, 'text': "Yeah, I can't relate.", 'start': 4349.882, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 4354.125, 'text': "I'm sure mine were only positive.", 'start': 4351.984, 'duration': 2.141}, {'end': 4358.448, 'text': 'It was mostly women sending pictures for me to forward to you.', 'start': 4354.505, 'duration': 3.943}, {'end': 4361.189, 'text': "You didn't send me any of that.", 'start': 4358.688, 'duration': 2.501}, {'end': 4362.51, 'text': "Oh, it's the wrong email address.", 'start': 4361.389, 'duration': 1.121}, {'end': 4363.331, 'text': "I'm sorry.", 'start': 4362.89, 'duration': 0.441}, {'end': 4364.972, 'text': 'Yeah I kept bouncing.', 'start': 4363.371, 'duration': 1.601}], 'summary': 'Podcast generated mixed response with mostly positive emails and some negative ones. some emails contained pictures meant for forwarding, but were sent to the wrong address.', 'duration': 27.197, 'max_score': 4337.775, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ4337775.jpg'}, {'end': 4418.237, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4390.349, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 4398.231, 'text': 'She upends the premises, the ideas that are prevalent in the culture that were brought up on,', 'start': 4390.349, 'duration': 7.882}, {'end': 4406.534, 'text': "that are like milk and and the basic stuff that we're growing up.", 'start': 4398.231, 'duration': 8.303}, {'end': 4407.534, 'text': 'You have to be altruistic.', 'start': 4406.554, 'duration': 0.98}, {'end': 4408.614, 'text': 'You have to live for other people.', 'start': 4407.554, 'duration': 1.06}, {'end': 4410.075, 'text': "That's just basic stuff.", 'start': 4408.934, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 4411.075, 'text': 'Nobody challenges that.', 'start': 4410.175, 'duration': 0.9}, {'end': 4411.995, 'text': 'Nobody questions it.', 'start': 4411.175, 'duration': 0.82}, {'end': 4418.237, 'text': 'And if they do question it, they usually question it from the perspective of a cynic or a bad guy.', 'start': 4412.415, 'duration': 5.822}], 'summary': 'Challenging prevalent cultural ideas about altruism and living for others.', 'duration': 27.888, 'max_score': 4390.349, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ4390349.jpg'}, {'end': 4487.758, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4460.411, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 4465.033, 'text': 'And that does not involve exploiting other people.', 'start': 4460.411, 'duration': 4.622}, {'end': 4466.733, 'text': "They can't conceptualize that.", 'start': 4465.393, 'duration': 1.34}, {'end': 4468.334, 'text': "It's not in their framework.", 'start': 4467.334, 'duration': 1}, {'end': 4476.435, 'text': "So it's the fact that she's so consistently on the side of self-interest, for example, on the side of capitalism, on the side of freedom.", 'start': 4469.993, 'duration': 6.442}, {'end': 4483.137, 'text': "It's the fact that she dismisses faith to the extent that she does or to the extent that I do.", 'start': 4477.515, 'duration': 5.622}, {'end': 4487.758, 'text': 'That alienates people because that is completely different from what they brought up.', 'start': 4484.017, 'duration': 3.741}], 'summary': 'She consistently supports self-interest, capitalism, and freedom, alienating others with her dismissal of faith.', 'duration': 27.347, 'max_score': 4460.411, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ4460411.jpg'}, {'end': 4562.129, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4537.494, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 4545.163, 'text': "And suddenly somebody comes out and gives them some clear explanation of things and they go wow, that's what I've been looking for my whole life.", 'start': 4537.494, 'duration': 7.669}, {'end': 4547.446, 'text': "So that's the positive for people.", 'start': 4545.183, 'duration': 2.263}, {'end': 4552.381, 'text': "You know, and I read Ayn Rand's It just all made sense.", 'start': 4548.226, 'duration': 4.155}, {'end': 4559.687, 'text': 'It all clicked and it made clear that everything I believed to that point was just wrong.', 'start': 4552.961, 'duration': 6.726}, {'end': 4562.129, 'text': "It just didn't integrate.", 'start': 4560.027, 'duration': 2.102}], 'summary': 'Clear explanation brings positive change for ayn rand reader.', 'duration': 24.635, 'max_score': 4537.494, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ4537494.jpg'}, {'end': 4620.716, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4595.677, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 4602.464, 'text': "Michael, you don't bring up Ayn Rand that much in conversation, except as kind of references every once in a while, as part of the humor,", 'start': 4595.677, 'duration': 6.787}, {'end': 4605.207, 'text': 'of just the general flow in the music or the way you like to talk.', 'start': 4602.464, 'duration': 2.743}, {'end': 4614.037, 'text': "Well, why do you think you don't integrate her into your philosophy when you're like explaining ideas and all those kinds of things?", 'start': 4605.948, 'duration': 8.089}, {'end': 4615.479, 'text': 'Like, why is she not?', 'start': 4614.417, 'duration': 1.062}, {'end': 4620.716, 'text': 'you know, a popular reference point for discussion of ideas.', 'start': 4616.874, 'duration': 3.842}], 'summary': "Michael doesn't frequently integrate ayn rand into his philosophy discussions.", 'duration': 25.039, 'max_score': 4595.677, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ4595677.jpg'}], 'start': 4165.45, 'title': 'Russian candy and emotions', 'summary': "Discusses skepticism towards russian health information, preference for kiev over moscow, experience with cow blood candy, importance of validating emotions, and challenge of integrating ayn rand's ideas.", 'chapters': [{'end': 4215.292, 'start': 4165.45, 'title': 'Russian candy and love books', 'summary': 'Discusses the skepticism towards russian health information, preference for kiev over moscow, and the experience with a hard candy made with cow blood.', 'duration': 49.842, 'highlights': ['The speaker expresses distrust towards reading health information in Russian and is skeptical about its contents.', 'The speaker prefers Kiev over Moscow, expressing a strong preference for one city over the other.', 'The speaker recounts an experience with a hard candy made with cow blood, expressing surprise and skepticism about its ingredients.']}, {'end': 5053.912, 'start': 4215.292, 'title': 'Validating emotions and challenging conventional ideas', 'summary': "Discusses the importance of validating one's emotions, especially in abusive situations, and the challenge of integrating ayn rand's radical ideas into the mainstream, which has led to a divisive response in society.", 'duration': 838.62, 'highlights': ["The importance of validating one's emotions, especially in abusive situations, is emphasized, as individuals may deny the validity of their emotions due to societal perceptions, leading to potential harm. Emphasizes the significance of acknowledging and validating emotions in abusive situations; highlights the potential harm caused by denying the validity of one's emotions.", "The challenge of integrating Ayn Rand's radical ideas into the mainstream is discussed, as it has led to a divisive response in society, with some people finding her ideas fresh and appealing, while others perceive them as too radical to fit into their cognitive framework. Discusses the challenge of integrating Ayn Rand's radical ideas into mainstream culture; highlights the divisive response in society, with some finding her ideas fresh and appealing, while others perceive them as too radical to fit into their cognitive framework.", "The response to Ayn Rand's ideas is attributed to societal programming, with a significant portion of the population associating her work with negativity and perceiving her personality as aggressive and antagonistic. Attributes the negative response to Ayn Rand's ideas to societal programming and perception of her personality as aggressive and antagonistic; discusses the association of her work with negativity in a significant portion of the population."]}], 'duration': 888.462, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ4165450.jpg', 'highlights': ["The importance of validating one's emotions in abusive situations is emphasized", "The challenge of integrating Ayn Rand's radical ideas into mainstream culture is discussed", 'The speaker expresses distrust towards reading health information in Russian', 'The speaker prefers Kiev over Moscow, expressing a strong preference for one city over the other', "The response to Ayn Rand's ideas is attributed to societal programming"]}, {'end': 7907.826, 'segs': [{'end': 6097.101, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6052.184, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 6053.025, 'text': "It's an implementation.", 'start': 6052.184, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 6056.327, 'text': 'Communism is an evil ideology no matter who practices it.', 'start': 6053.365, 'duration': 2.962}, {'end': 6062.388, 'text': "I think that's too loose because here's one example.", 'start': 6056.987, 'duration': 5.401}, {'end': 6069.39, 'text': 'The first person who went to the Soviet Union from the left and denounced it was Emma Goldman.', 'start': 6062.688, 'duration': 6.702}, {'end': 6074.051, 'text': 'She was an anarcho-communist, right? So she went there, she got deported from the United States.', 'start': 6069.93, 'duration': 4.121}, {'end': 6076.092, 'text': 'She went to Lenin, to his face.', 'start': 6074.451, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 6077.132, 'text': 'Hold on, let me finish.', 'start': 6076.452, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 6079.633, 'text': "You're already dismissing what I'm saying.", 'start': 6077.152, 'duration': 2.481}, {'end': 6081.093, 'text': 'Your body language, your emotions.', 'start': 6079.653, 'duration': 1.44}, {'end': 6084.114, 'text': "Listen, history doesn't care about your feelings either.", 'start': 6081.713, 'duration': 2.401}, {'end': 6091.337, 'text': "she goes to lenin, she goes we're supposed to be about free speech, we're supposed to be about the individual freedom.", 'start': 6085.934, 'duration': 5.403}, {'end': 6091.858, 'text': 'what are you doing?', 'start': 6091.337, 'duration': 0.521}, {'end': 6094.539, 'text': 'and he goes free speech is a bourgeois extravagance.', 'start': 6091.858, 'duration': 2.681}, {'end': 6097.101, 'text': "you can't have it during a revolution, too bad.", 'start': 6094.539, 'duration': 2.562}], 'summary': 'Communism criticized by emma goldman for lack of free speech during soviet union visit.', 'duration': 44.917, 'max_score': 6052.184, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ6052184.jpg'}, {'end': 6199.996, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6139.304, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 6142.668, 'text': "And so I don't think she as a communist is an evil person.", 'start': 6139.304, 'duration': 3.364}, {'end': 6149.437, 'text': "I think she is because, because if she, if she wasn't evading and you know with Rand,", 'start': 6143.029, 'duration': 6.408}, {'end': 6156.689, 'text': 'And I think in reality the essence of evil is evasion is ignoring the facts of reality, is putting your feelings ahead of your facts.', 'start': 6150.103, 'duration': 6.586}, {'end': 6163.095, 'text': 'She would realize that what was going on in the Soviet Union was the inevitable consequence of her ideas.', 'start': 6157.63, 'duration': 5.465}, {'end': 6164.397, 'text': 'That could be just as dumb.', 'start': 6163.235, 'duration': 1.162}, {'end': 6166.278, 'text': 'So she could have changed her mind.', 'start': 6164.657, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 6169.902, 'text': 'She could have, coming back to the Soviet Union, said, these ideas are wrong.', 'start': 6166.398, 'duration': 3.504}, {'end': 6174.146, 'text': 'I now repudiate my ideas, not just their implementation, but my ideas.', 'start': 6170.342, 'duration': 3.804}, {'end': 6178.668, 'text': "And then I would have said, yeah, she had been mistaken before, and now she's confronted reality.", 'start': 6174.806, 'duration': 3.862}, {'end': 6183.89, 'text': 'But if she stayed a leftist, if she stayed a leftist to that extent, not just a mild leftist,', 'start': 6178.868, 'duration': 5.022}, {'end': 6186.991, 'text': "but a leftist then I think she's dishonest and therefore immoral, right?", 'start': 6183.89, 'duration': 3.101}, {'end': 6189.212, 'text': "But you're using three words identically.", 'start': 6187.691, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 6190.753, 'text': "You're saying dishonest, immoral, and evil.", 'start': 6189.232, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 6197.055, 'text': 'Okay, so evil is an extreme form of immorality, right? Sure, of course.', 'start': 6190.933, 'duration': 6.122}, {'end': 6198.496, 'text': "Okay, so she's immoral.", 'start': 6197.095, 'duration': 1.401}, {'end': 6199.996, 'text': 'The ideology she holds is still evil.', 'start': 6198.516, 'duration': 1.48}], 'summary': "Soviet union's consequences made her repudiate leftist ideas, but she remained immoral and her ideology evil.", 'duration': 60.692, 'max_score': 6139.304, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ6139304.jpg'}, {'end': 6401.838, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6373.555, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 6377.318, 'text': 'How do you convince individuals to give up their individualism, to give up the individuality?', 'start': 6373.555, 'duration': 3.763}, {'end': 6380.56, 'text': 'What you say is well, we have to go through this difficult process.', 'start': 6377.658, 'duration': 2.902}, {'end': 6381, 'text': 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.', 'start': 6380.58, 'duration': 0.42}, {'end': 6382.581, 'text': 'To get to this utopia.', 'start': 6381.38, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 6385.893, 'text': "And in this utopia, I mean, he's very Christian.", 'start': 6382.641, 'duration': 3.252}, {'end': 6387.294, 'text': 'I mean, this is the other thing about Marx.', 'start': 6386.053, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 6387.814, 'text': 'But the end time.', 'start': 6387.314, 'duration': 0.5}, {'end': 6391.917, 'text': 'Marx is very Christian in everything, in his morality, in his collectivism.', 'start': 6387.854, 'duration': 4.063}, {'end': 6395.46, 'text': 'The end times for Marx is going back to the Garden of Eden.', 'start': 6392.237, 'duration': 3.223}, {'end': 6399.543, 'text': "The end time for Marx is you don't have to do anything.", 'start': 6396.46, 'duration': 3.083}, {'end': 6401.838, 'text': 'Food is just available.', 'start': 6400.677, 'duration': 1.161}], 'summary': "Convincing individuals to give up individualism for a utopian society, marx's end time is a state where everything is readily available.", 'duration': 28.283, 'max_score': 6373.555, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ6373555.jpg'}, {'end': 7154.232, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7125.922, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 7129.004, 'text': "this is a long time ago where they're like.", 'start': 7125.922, 'duration': 3.082}, {'end': 7132.686, 'text': "we're against reason and explicitly rationality.", 'start': 7129.004, 'duration': 3.682}, {'end': 7135.586, 'text': 'We are for willpower, for strength.', 'start': 7132.986, 'duration': 2.6}, {'end': 7141.748, 'text': 'And if you are strong enough and united enough, you can force these things to work.', 'start': 7135.946, 'duration': 5.802}, {'end': 7146.85, 'text': "So there's a lot that is not taught about this ideology.", 'start': 7142.368, 'duration': 4.482}, {'end': 7149.69, 'text': 'I highly recommend people read the books from the time.', 'start': 7146.95, 'duration': 2.74}, {'end': 7154.232, 'text': 'And what was fascinating about Mussolini is he was regarded as the moderate.', 'start': 7150.131, 'duration': 4.101}], 'summary': "Mussolini's ideology favored willpower and strength over reason and rationality, with emphasis on unity and force.", 'duration': 28.31, 'max_score': 7125.922, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ7125922.jpg'}], 'start': 5054.052, 'title': "Ayn rand's influence and ideological threats", 'summary': "Explores the influence of ayn rand's philosophy on young readers, the threat posed by her emphasis on moral code and idealism, the morality of her views on communism, the horrors of stalinism, north korea, fascism, and authoritarianism, and the role of technology in combating authoritarianism.", 'chapters': [{'end': 5361.273, 'start': 5054.052, 'title': "The influence of ayn rand's work", 'summary': "Discusses the influence of ayn rand's philosophy on young readers, highlighting the potential misinterpretation of her ideas and the challenges of applying them without sufficient life experience, leading to a sense of isolation and detachment from reality.", 'duration': 307.221, 'highlights': ["The potential misinterpretation of Ayn Rand's ideas by young readers is highlighted, emphasizing the challenges of applying her philosophy without sufficient life experience. Misinterpretation of Ayn Rand's ideas, challenges of applying philosophy without life experience", "The challenges of advocating for Ayn Rand's philosophy at a young age, without the necessary life experience, leading to obnoxious behavior and detachment from reality, are discussed. Challenges of advocating without life experience, obnoxious behavior, detachment from reality", "The impact of Ayn Rand's work on young readers, leading to a sense of isolation and the belief that they will be pariahs, is highlighted, with a discussion on the lack of representation of support and encouragement in her books. Impact on young readers, sense of isolation, lack of support in Ayn Rand's books"]}, {'end': 6138.844, 'start': 5361.394, 'title': "The threat of idealism in ayn rand's work", 'summary': "Discusses the threat posed by ayn rand's emphasis on moral code and idealism, particularly challenging the cynicism of older individuals, and the misinterpretation of selfishness in her work, leading to rejection and caricature of her ideas.", 'duration': 777.45, 'highlights': ["Ayn Rand's focus on the importance of moral code and idealism challenges the cynicism of older individuals, which is seen as a threat to their established beliefs and compromises. Challenge to cynicism, impact on older individuals, threat to established beliefs", "Misinterpretation and caricature of selfishness in Ayn Rand's work lead to rejection and misunderstanding of her ideas, particularly among young readers who imitate her language without grasping the original intent. Misinterpretation of selfishness, rejection by young readers, imitation without understanding", "Ayn Rand's provocative use of language, particularly the term 'selfishness', leads to visceral rejection and misrepresentation of her ideas, hindering a genuine understanding of her philosophy. Provocative language, visceral rejection, hindrance to understanding"]}, {'end': 6594.944, 'start': 6139.304, 'title': 'Ayn rand, communism, and evil', 'summary': "Discusses the morality of ayn rand's views on communism and the inherent evil of the ideology, highlighting the logical consequences of communism, the early predictions of its horrors, and the comparison between marx and hitler's ideologies.", 'duration': 455.64, 'highlights': ['The logical consequences of communism are discussed, emphasizing its anti-reality and anti-human nature, leading to the conclusion that it is inherently evil. Communism is described as anti-reality, anti-human nature, and anti-individual, resulting in inherently evil outcomes.', "The early predictions of the horrors of communism by Mikhail Bakunin are mentioned, indicating the awareness of its potential totalitarian nightmare as early as the 19th century. Mikhail Bakunin's early prediction of communism's horrors in the 19th century is highlighted, showcasing the awareness of its potential totalitarian nightmare.", "The comparison between the ideologies of Marx and Hitler is discussed, questioning the assumption that there is something to learn from Marx while acknowledging nothing positive to learn from Hitler. The discussion highlights the contrast between the treatment of Marx and Hitler's ideologies, questioning the assumption that there is something positive to learn from Marx while acknowledging nothing positive to learn from Hitler."]}, {'end': 7041.504, 'start': 6594.944, 'title': 'Horrors of stalinism and north korea', 'summary': "Discusses the author's efforts to change the conversation about north korea, highlighting the horrors of stalinism, the lack of understanding of communism's evil, and the threat of fascism, emphasizing the need to study the unifying aspects of all three ideologies.", 'duration': 446.56, 'highlights': ['The author aims to change the conversation about North Korea and highlight its existential horror, moving the focus from being regarded as a laughing stock to revealing the millions of corpses behind the regime. Changing the perception of North Korea, emphasizing its horrors, and aiming for a profound positive impact.', "The lack of appreciation for the horrors of Stalinism is attributed to the right wing's failure, with the author emphasizing the need to inform about the bloodless victory of the Soviet Union and the Democrats' opposition to its horrors. Attributing the lack of awareness to the right wing, emphasizing the need for information, and highlighting the Democrats' opposition to Soviet Union horrors.", "The author expresses concern about the lack of understanding of communism's evil and its continued perception as a beautiful ideal, emphasizing the threat it poses as a destructive ideology. Expressing concern about the lack of understanding of communism's evil, highlighting its perception as a beautiful ideal, and emphasizing its threat as a destructive ideology.", 'The chapter emphasizes the threat of fascism and the lack of understanding of its true nature, highlighting the need to study and recognize the unifying aspects of fascism, communism, and Nazism. Emphasizing the threat of fascism, the lack of understanding of its nature, and the need to study the unifying aspects of ideologies.']}, {'end': 7907.826, 'start': 7041.504, 'title': 'The ideas behind fascism and authoritarianism', 'summary': 'Discusses the philosophical ideas behind fascism and authoritarianism, tracing it from kant to hegel to schopenhauer and nietzsche, and how these ideas are still prevalent today. it also explores the role of technology in combating authoritarianism and the potential for fascism to arise in america. additionally, it delves into the link between reason, wealth creation, and the impact of technology on societal control and privacy.', 'duration': 866.322, 'highlights': ["The nature of reality of this idea is will, meaning the universe doesn't care about you. And it's constantly in this reality putting urges in your mind, values. Schopenhauer's view that the nature of reality is will, and the universe constantly puts urges and values in one's mind, emphasizing the indifferent and compelling nature of the universe.", "Fascism is about power and control, not necessarily ownership, and is prevalent in today's economic context. The essence of fascism lies in power and control, not ownership, which is reflected in the modern economic context with extensive regulation and control over corporations.", 'The prevalence of authoritarianism and the potential for fascism to manifest in America, potentially in a unique form, and the necessary emergence of an authoritarian figure to speak for the collective. The discussion of the prevalence of authoritarianism and the potential for a unique form of fascism in America, highlighting the emergence of an authoritarian figure to represent the collective will.', "The role of technology in combating authoritarianism, making it more difficult and expensive for authoritarians to enforce control, and the impact of technology on societal control and privacy. The exploration of technology's role in challenging authoritarian control, making it more challenging and costly, and its impact on societal control and privacy."]}], 'duration': 2853.774, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ5054052.jpg', 'highlights': ['The logical consequences of communism are discussed, emphasizing its anti-reality and anti-human nature, leading to the conclusion that it is inherently evil.', 'The comparison between the ideologies of Marx and Hitler is discussed, questioning the assumption that there is something to learn from Marx while acknowledging nothing positive to learn from Hitler.', 'The author aims to change the conversation about North Korea and highlight its existential horror, moving the focus from being regarded as a laughing stock to revealing the millions of corpses behind the regime.', "The lack of appreciation for the horrors of Stalinism is attributed to the right wing's failure, with the author emphasizing the need to inform about the bloodless victory of the Soviet Union and the Democrats' opposition to its horrors.", 'The role of technology in combating authoritarianism, making it more difficult and expensive for authoritarians to enforce control, and the impact of technology on societal control and privacy.', "The nature of reality of this idea is will, meaning the universe doesn't care about you. And it's constantly in this reality putting urges in your mind, values.", "The potential misinterpretation of Ayn Rand's ideas by young readers is highlighted, emphasizing the challenges of applying her philosophy without sufficient life experience.", "Ayn Rand's focus on the importance of moral code and idealism challenges the cynicism of older individuals, which is seen as a threat to their established beliefs and compromises.", "The author expresses concern about the lack of understanding of communism's evil and its continued perception as a beautiful ideal, emphasizing the threat it poses as a destructive ideology.", "The challenges of advocating for Ayn Rand's philosophy at a young age, without the necessary life experience, leading to obnoxious behavior and detachment from reality, are discussed."]}, {'end': 9248.567, 'segs': [{'end': 8041.779, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8013.43, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 8018.571, 'text': "There's a case to be made historically of the 20th century that you couldn't have Stalin, you couldn't have Hitler,", 'start': 8013.43, 'duration': 5.141}, {'end': 8023.732, 'text': "you couldn't have much of the evil that you see in the world if they couldn't control the monetary system.", 'start': 8018.571, 'duration': 5.161}, {'end': 8026.733, 'text': "You couldn't have had the New Deal, and FDR realized this very quickly.", 'start': 8023.752, 'duration': 2.981}, {'end': 8028.353, 'text': 'They confiscated all the gold.', 'start': 8026.753, 'duration': 1.6}, {'end': 8033.715, 'text': 'Everybody knows FDR is going to come in to become president and confiscate the gold.', 'start': 8029.053, 'duration': 4.662}, {'end': 8041.779, 'text': 'So one of the mythologies, the myths about the Great Depression is that there were all these bank runs.', 'start': 8033.775, 'duration': 8.004}], 'summary': "Monetary control influenced historical events like fdr's gold confiscation and bank runs during the great depression.", 'duration': 28.349, 'max_score': 8013.43, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ8013430.jpg'}, {'end': 8149.724, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8126.271, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 8133.515, 'text': "It's like, what am I supposed to do? And because you have, when you print more money, the value of every individual dollar matters less.", 'start': 8126.271, 'duration': 7.244}, {'end': 8142.997, 'text': "it becomes that much harder to plan anything either in the government level or in the private level, because if I'm managing outlays,", 'start': 8134.068, 'duration': 8.929}, {'end': 8149.724, 'text': "if I'm trying to pay my workers, I'm trying to build factories, I'm thinking long-term and I don't know what this dollar's gonna buy in 10 years.", 'start': 8142.997, 'duration': 6.727}], 'summary': 'Printing more money reduces the value of each dollar, making long-term planning difficult.', 'duration': 23.453, 'max_score': 8126.271, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ8126271.jpg'}, {'end': 8247.654, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8221.621, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 8226.505, 'text': 'And the people in the modern context that saving hurts the most, that inflation hurts the most, are savers.', 'start': 8221.621, 'duration': 4.884}, {'end': 8235.091, 'text': "People trying to save money and Fed policy right now is just horrific if you're a saver, right? Because the interest rates are zero.", 'start': 8226.967, 'duration': 8.124}, {'end': 8236.552, 'text': 'You get nothing on your saving.', 'start': 8235.351, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 8241.153, 'text': 'And cost of living is going up, maybe not at a huge level, but it is going up.', 'start': 8236.951, 'duration': 4.202}, {'end': 8247.654, 'text': "And yet you can't even save to keep the value of your dollars.", 'start': 8241.253, 'duration': 6.401}], 'summary': "Fed's zero interest rates hurt savers, as they get nothing on their savings while the cost of living rises.", 'duration': 26.033, 'max_score': 8221.621, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ8221620.jpg'}, {'end': 8626.636, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8597.983, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 8600.864, 'text': "It's not them bailing out elites.", 'start': 8597.983, 'duration': 2.881}, {'end': 8607.767, 'text': "It's them throwing money at a problem without knowing what they would actually do and what the consequences would be.", 'start': 8601.124, 'duration': 6.643}, {'end': 8613.71, 'text': 'Right, but the point, sorry, where we agree, the focus will always be on bailing out elites.', 'start': 8608.188, 'duration': 5.522}, {'end': 8615.971, 'text': "It's almost- But little banks got money too.", 'start': 8614.231, 'duration': 1.74}, {'end': 8623.895, 'text': "No, I was saying that last year, there's no talk of saving Eisenweiss, saving Century 21, saving all these other industries.", 'start': 8616.151, 'duration': 7.744}, {'end': 8624.695, 'text': 'But sure there were.', 'start': 8624.155, 'duration': 0.54}, {'end': 8626.636, 'text': "If you look, it's just, sure there was.", 'start': 8624.715, 'duration': 1.921}], 'summary': 'Debate over government bailouts, including small banks, and varied perspectives on industry rescues and consequences.', 'duration': 28.653, 'max_score': 8597.983, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ8597983.jpg'}, {'end': 8698.995, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8662.867, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 8666.31, 'text': "And if they believe that securing their power base is Wall Street, then they'll bail out Wall Street.", 'start': 8662.867, 'duration': 3.443}, {'end': 8672.014, 'text': 'They believe securing their power base is writing checks to restaurant owners all over the country.', 'start': 8666.65, 'duration': 5.364}, {'end': 8675.336, 'text': "They'll write checks to restaurant owners all over the country, which is what they did with PPP.", 'start': 8672.054, 'duration': 3.282}, {'end': 8677.718, 'text': "It's all about power for them.", 'start': 8676.437, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 8680.62, 'text': "And it's whatever will achieve power, whatever will result in power.", 'start': 8677.878, 'duration': 2.742}, {'end': 8682.341, 'text': "I don't think it's about elites.", 'start': 8680.72, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 8685.323, 'text': "I didn't see elitism in the bailouts of last year.", 'start': 8682.921, 'duration': 2.402}, {'end': 8687.265, 'text': 'I agree.', 'start': 8686.764, 'duration': 0.501}, {'end': 8688.245, 'text': "I agree it wasn't last year.", 'start': 8687.445, 'duration': 0.8}, {'end': 8690.748, 'text': "I'm saying that's one distinction between 2008 and 2020.", 'start': 8688.265, 'duration': 2.483}, {'end': 8692.449, 'text': 'And I do think, just one more thing.', 'start': 8690.748, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 8698.995, 'text': "I do think getting in good bed with the elites is a great mechanism in general for maintaining one's power.", 'start': 8692.729, 'duration': 6.266}], 'summary': 'Securing power through bailouts, checks, and alliances with elites.', 'duration': 36.128, 'max_score': 8662.867, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ8662867.jpg'}, {'end': 8820.208, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8786.952, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 8789.093, 'text': "The dollar today, I can plan because I can't plan.", 'start': 8786.952, 'duration': 2.141}, {'end': 8790.814, 'text': "I don't know what Bitcoin is going to be worth tomorrow.", 'start': 8789.153, 'duration': 1.661}, {'end': 8792.455, 'text': "So I can't plan with Bitcoin.", 'start': 8791.175, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 8795.457, 'text': 'Bitcoin is way too volatile to serve right now as money.', 'start': 8792.956, 'duration': 2.501}, {'end': 8800.9, 'text': "Now, the argument from Bitcoiners is, yes, it's still being adopted.", 'start': 8795.497, 'duration': 5.403}, {'end': 8803.482, 'text': "At some point, it'll reach a certain crucial mass.", 'start': 8800.94, 'duration': 2.542}, {'end': 8804.422, 'text': 'Hyper-Bitcoinization, yeah.', 'start': 8803.502, 'duration': 0.92}, {'end': 8810.126, 'text': "Yes And then it will become money because at that point, it can be used as money because they don't have a stable value.", 'start': 8804.442, 'duration': 5.684}, {'end': 8820.208, 'text': "Maybe Right now, it's not useful as money because I can't predict what, I can't invest in it knowing what the value will be in five years.", 'start': 8811.3, 'duration': 8.908}], 'summary': "Bitcoin's volatility makes it unsuitable for planning and as money, but may reach stability and become widely adopted in the future.", 'duration': 33.256, 'max_score': 8786.952, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ8786952.jpg'}, {'end': 8857.173, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8828.474, 'weight': 12, 'content': [{'end': 8829.936, 'text': "It's functioning much more as an asset than as money.", 'start': 8828.474, 'duration': 1.462}, {'end': 8830.696, 'text': "That's not in dispute.", 'start': 8829.996, 'duration': 0.7}, {'end': 8831.497, 'text': 'I agree with that completely.', 'start': 8830.716, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 8832.558, 'text': "So I don't think it's money.", 'start': 8831.517, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 8839.324, 'text': "But so I think it's still, I think it can compete as a money with something tangible.", 'start': 8833.499, 'duration': 5.825}, {'end': 8844.887, 'text': 'So I think in a free market, some kind of crypto backed by gold would be more successful.', 'start': 8839.944, 'duration': 4.943}, {'end': 8851.43, 'text': 'So Bitcoin folks argue that Bitcoin has all the same fundamental properties that does gold.', 'start': 8845.227, 'duration': 6.203}, {'end': 8857.173, 'text': "So it's backed by, there's a scarcity to it and it's backed by proof of work.", 'start': 8852.171, 'duration': 5.002}], 'summary': 'Bitcoin is seen as an asset, not money, but can compete as a form of money, especially if backed by gold.', 'duration': 28.699, 'max_score': 8828.474, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ8828474.jpg'}, {'end': 9060.301, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9031.461, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 9034.181, 'text': "So again, it's a technical issue.", 'start': 9031.461, 'duration': 2.72}, {'end': 9035.542, 'text': "I'm sure there are ways to get around it.", 'start': 9034.201, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 9037.242, 'text': "And again, I'm not sure.", 'start': 9035.682, 'duration': 1.56}, {'end': 9043.935, 'text': "I don't know if you guys consider Bitcoin the end or the beginning, that is, is Bitcoin it,", 'start': 9038.413, 'duration': 5.522}, {'end': 9048.477, 'text': "or is Bitcoin just the first example of a technology that might evolve- I was just going to say- I don't know.", 'start': 9043.935, 'duration': 4.542}, {'end': 9051.017, 'text': "There's the same technological issue with regard to gold,", 'start': 9048.677, 'duration': 2.34}, {'end': 9055.759, 'text': 'which is we now have the technology that was very expensive to turn elements into different elements.', 'start': 9051.017, 'duration': 4.742}, {'end': 9060.301, 'text': 'And at a certain- Really? Yeah, you could fire electrons at it or whatever, you can make gold.', 'start': 9056.259, 'duration': 4.042}], 'summary': "Discussion about technological advancements in turning elements into gold and uncertainty regarding bitcoin's role in the future.", 'duration': 28.84, 'max_score': 9031.461, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ9031461.jpg'}], 'start': 7908.646, 'title': 'Impact of technology, inflation, bitcoin, and gold', 'summary': 'Explores the impact of technology on knowledge diffusion, the effects of inflation on society, the role of bitcoin in financial crises, and the potential future of bitcoin and gold as currency, providing historical examples and comparisons of economic downturns.', 'chapters': [{'end': 8126.251, 'start': 7908.646, 'title': 'Impact of technology on knowledge and freedom', 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of technology on the diffusion of knowledge, the potential for survival and semi-freedom, and the role of bitcoin in decentralizing power, citing historical examples of government manipulation of the monetary system.', 'duration': 217.605, 'highlights': ['The diffusion of knowledge and technology today makes it unlikely for the whole world to enter a dark age, providing a sense of optimism for survival and semi-freedom. The widespread availability of knowledge and the presence of technology worldwide reduce the likelihood of a global dark age, contributing to a sense of optimism for survival and semi-freedom.', 'Bitcoin is seen as a tool for individuals to fight government-controlled monetary systems and decentralize power, with historical examples illustrating the link between government manipulation of the monetary system and control of power. Bitcoin is considered a means for individuals to resist government-controlled monetary systems and decentralize power, as historical examples demonstrate the connection between government manipulation of the monetary system and control of power.', "Historical examples, such as FDR's confiscation of gold and deviation from campaign promises, highlight the potential for government manipulation and control through monetary policies. Historical instances, like FDR's confiscation of gold and departure from campaign assurances, underscore the potential for government manipulation and control through monetary policies."]}, {'end': 8379.17, 'start': 8126.271, 'title': "Inflation's impact on society", 'summary': "Discusses the impact of inflation on individuals and society, highlighting its detrimental effects on the poor, the distortion of prices and investments, and the government's control over currency and banking.", 'duration': 252.899, 'highlights': ['Inflation disproportionately hurts the poor, making it harder for them to afford basic necessities, as demonstrated by the example of a mother walking miles to save a few cents on fruit, emphasizing the significant impact of inflation on those living hand to mouth.', "The government's indexing of social security and welfare, while intended to mitigate the impact of inflation, ultimately leads to increased dependency on the government, highlighting the complex effects of inflation on social welfare programs.", "The Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy negatively affects savers, as they are unable to preserve the value of their savings amidst rising living costs, illustrating the adverse impact of inflation and government policy on individuals' financial well-being.", "The distortion of prices and investments due to inflation, along with the government's control over currency and banking, are highlighted as factors contributing to economic distortions and financial crises, challenging the narrative that blames capitalism for such crises.", 'The intertwined relationship between the government and banks is explored, emphasizing the historical pattern of state regulation of banks and the subsequent influence exerted by the state over financial institutions, challenging the perception of an equal partnership between the two entities.']}, {'end': 9031.401, 'start': 8380.208, 'title': 'Bitcoin and financial crisis', 'summary': 'Delves into the comparison between the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 economic downturn, discussing the priorities of politicians, the arbitrariness of power, and the incompetence of top officials, while also examining the role and limitations of bitcoin as a monetary unit.', 'duration': 651.193, 'highlights': ['The priorities of politicians are always toward powerful entities and corporations, neglecting the medium and small businesses, evident in the bailouts of 2008 and 2020. ', 'The financial crisis highlighted the incompetence and ignorance of top officials, exemplified by the arbitrary use of power and the lack of understanding in decision-making. ', "Bitcoin's limitations as a monetary unit are discussed, emphasizing its current role as an asset rather than a functional form of money due to its volatility and lack of stability. "]}, {'end': 9248.567, 'start': 9031.461, 'title': 'Bitcoin vs gold: future of currency', 'summary': 'Discusses the potential of bitcoin and gold as currency, highlighting the technical challenges and future value implications, suggesting the need for a currency with characteristics similar to gold.', 'duration': 217.106, 'highlights': ['The technology to turn elements into different elements, such as gold, has been developed, which may impact the future value of gold and the need for a currency with similar characteristics. (Relevance: 9)', 'Bitcoin is viewed as the birth of a new technology, with the potential for newer, better technologies to emerge, indicating the need to move towards something better than Bitcoin. (Relevance: 8)', 'The difficulty in creating artificial gold at a cost that justifies its value raises questions about the future worth of gold as a currency. (Relevance: 7)', 'The discussion of a cryptocurrency backed by land, named Rand, in China, illustrates the innovation and experimentation in the field of currency. (Relevance: 6)', 'The potential decline in the value of gold if the technology to create it becomes more accessible, leading to the need for a currency with characteristics similar to gold. (Relevance: 5)']}], 'duration': 1339.921, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ7908646.jpg', 'highlights': ['The diffusion of knowledge and technology reduces the likelihood of a global dark age.', 'Bitcoin is a means for individuals to resist government-controlled monetary systems and decentralize power.', 'Inflation disproportionately hurts the poor, making it harder for them to afford basic necessities.', "The Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy negatively affects savers amidst rising living costs.", 'The distortion of prices and investments due to inflation contributes to economic distortions and financial crises.', 'The intertwined relationship between the government and banks challenges the perception of an equal partnership.', 'The priorities of politicians neglect medium and small businesses, evident in the bailouts of 2008 and 2020.', 'The financial crisis highlighted the incompetence and ignorance of top officials.', "Bitcoin's limitations as a monetary unit are discussed, emphasizing its current role as an asset.", 'The technology to turn elements into different elements, such as gold, may impact the future value of gold.', 'Bitcoin is viewed as the birth of a new technology, indicating the need to move towards something better.', 'The difficulty in creating artificial gold raises questions about the future worth of gold as a currency.', 'The discussion of a cryptocurrency backed by land, named Rand, illustrates innovation in the field of currency.', 'The potential decline in the value of gold if the technology to create it becomes more accessible.']}, {'end': 11292.595, 'segs': [{'end': 9299.649, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9272.107, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 9278.452, 'text': 'And as sort of with an open mind and seeing kind of all the possibilities of technologies out there,', 'start': 9272.107, 'duration': 6.345}, {'end': 9281.514, 'text': 'I also kind of thought that Bitcoin is the beginning of something.', 'start': 9278.452, 'duration': 3.062}, {'end': 9293.404, 'text': 'But what the Bitcoin community argues is that Bitcoin is the end of the base layer, meaning all the different innovations will come on top of it.', 'start': 9282.034, 'duration': 11.37}, {'end': 9299.649, 'text': "Like, for example, there's something called Lightning Network, where it's basically just like gold is the end.", 'start': 9293.464, 'duration': 6.185}], 'summary': 'Bitcoin seen as the beginning of something, with potential for innovations on top like lightning network.', 'duration': 27.542, 'max_score': 9272.107, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ9272107.jpg'}, {'end': 9342.867, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 9316.868, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 9321.811, 'text': 'And I think Bitcoin has limitations that potentially other cryptocurrencies might not have.', 'start': 9316.868, 'duration': 4.943}, {'end': 9327.075, 'text': "My attitude towards something like this is, to a large extent, I don't understand the technology.", 'start': 9323.313, 'duration': 3.762}, {'end': 9330.878, 'text': 'My view is let it play out.', 'start': 9328.136, 'duration': 2.742}, {'end': 9342.867, 'text': 'I think I have more fear of physical, the ability of the government to crush these things than I think many in the community.', 'start': 9330.898, 'duration': 11.969}], 'summary': 'Bitcoin has limitations, but the speaker has more fear of government intervention.', 'duration': 25.999, 'max_score': 9316.868, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ9316868.jpg'}, {'end': 10042.763, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10012.755, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 10015.676, 'text': "What's that painting? I forget what it is.", 'start': 10012.755, 'duration': 2.921}, {'end': 10016.617, 'text': "It's the School of Athens.", 'start': 10015.796, 'duration': 0.821}, {'end': 10017.537, 'text': 'School of Athens, thank you.', 'start': 10016.657, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 10018.397, 'text': "It's the Raphael.", 'start': 10017.717, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 10024.445, 'text': "Plato's pointing toward the heavens while they're talking, and Aristotle's pointing to the earth.", 'start': 10020.099, 'duration': 4.346}, {'end': 10025.666, 'text': 'Reality Reality.', 'start': 10024.705, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 10028.651, 'text': "Absolutely So if you want, there's two approaches.", 'start': 10025.807, 'duration': 2.844}, {'end': 10035.42, 'text': "There's the Descartes, Cartesian approach, which is I sit in my armchair and I deduce all of reality.", 'start': 10029.151, 'duration': 6.269}, {'end': 10042.763, 'text': 'Or if I want to study the nature of man, if I want to study the nature of dogs, if I want to study the nature of the sun, I have to look around.', 'start': 10036.361, 'duration': 6.402}], 'summary': 'Discussion on philosophical approaches: cartesian vs. observational. mention of school of athens painting.', 'duration': 30.008, 'max_score': 10012.755, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ10012755.jpg'}, {'end': 10207.376, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10180.637, 'weight': 9, 'content': [{'end': 10192.407, 'text': 'I think you guys live in a world of mythology, of abstraction, of Descartes, to imagine the kind of anarchy that David Friedman or Rothbard describe.', 'start': 10180.637, 'duration': 11.77}, {'end': 10195.549, 'text': "It's complete fiction and it's complete mysticism.", 'start': 10192.447, 'duration': 3.102}, {'end': 10199.372, 'text': 'Okay, let me ask just a few dumb questions.', 'start': 10196.81, 'duration': 2.562}, {'end': 10203.854, 'text': 'So, first of all, what do we do with violence?', 'start': 10199.632, 'duration': 4.222}, {'end': 10207.376, 'text': 'in terms of just natural emergence of violence in human societies?', 'start': 10203.854, 'duration': 3.522}], 'summary': 'Challenges the concept of anarchy and raises questions about dealing with violence in human societies.', 'duration': 26.739, 'max_score': 10180.637, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ10180637.jpg'}, {'end': 10280.284, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10252.509, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 10261.354, 'text': "So, and then the idea that anarchism would be is that it's more kind of a market of defenses against violence.", 'start': 10252.509, 'duration': 8.845}, {'end': 10266.316, 'text': 'So you, you have like security companies and then you hire different ones that are more competent.', 'start': 10261.374, 'duration': 4.942}, {'end': 10268.617, 'text': 'You have things being made affordable.', 'start': 10266.456, 'duration': 2.161}, {'end': 10271.299, 'text': 'You have more accessibility to security.', 'start': 10269.078, 'duration': 2.221}, {'end': 10280.284, 'text': 'You have accountability when people misuse their power and you have, more layers of security than having a government monopoly.', 'start': 10271.759, 'duration': 8.525}], 'summary': 'Anarchism proposes a market of defenses for more affordable, accessible, and accountable security, with more layers than a government monopoly.', 'duration': 27.775, 'max_score': 10252.509, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ10252509.jpg'}, {'end': 10362.815, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10338.384, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 10344.006, 'text': "The kind of collectives that emerge under anarchism seems to be what government- You're equating two terms.", 'start': 10338.384, 'duration': 5.622}, {'end': 10348.087, 'text': "So there's something called like private governance and there's government.", 'start': 10344.546, 'duration': 3.541}, {'end': 10354.65, 'text': "So for example, if I go to Yaron's house and he has a rule, take off your shoes, become your house.", 'start': 10348.248, 'duration': 6.402}, {'end': 10359.433, 'text': "If you want to really be kind of silly about it, you could say he's the governor.", 'start': 10355.45, 'duration': 3.983}, {'end': 10362.815, 'text': "But it's really nonsensical to say that.", 'start': 10360.293, 'duration': 2.522}], 'summary': 'Anarchism emphasizes collective action over government control, with private governance as an example.', 'duration': 24.431, 'max_score': 10338.384, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ10338384.jpg'}, {'end': 10727.789, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10702.208, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 10708.212, 'text': 'That was a context in which countries are fighting, not a context in which there is no country.', 'start': 10702.208, 'duration': 6.004}, {'end': 10710.734, 'text': "Okay, let's suppose you, Yaron, have a rocket launcher.", 'start': 10708.332, 'duration': 2.402}, {'end': 10712.895, 'text': "Yes And there's 100 people with handguns.", 'start': 10710.914, 'duration': 1.981}, {'end': 10714.797, 'text': 'How are you going to win? You have the biggest gun.', 'start': 10712.936, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 10717.06, 'text': 'Oh, believe me, I could win.', 'start': 10716.019, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 10719.982, 'text': 'With one rocket launcher against 100 people? Yeah.', 'start': 10717.62, 'duration': 2.362}, {'end': 10725.046, 'text': "Well, it depends how many rockets I have in the rocket launcher and whether I'm willing to use them.", 'start': 10720.303, 'duration': 4.743}, {'end': 10727.789, 'text': "So now it's democracy because there are more of them that they win.", 'start': 10725.066, 'duration': 2.723}], 'summary': 'Discussion on the dynamics of power and democracy in conflict situations.', 'duration': 25.581, 'max_score': 10702.208, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ10702208.jpg'}, {'end': 10913.059, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 10882.513, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 10883.114, 'text': 'This is why I think..', 'start': 10882.513, 'duration': 0.601}, {'end': 10883.514, 'text': 'Yeah, the monarch.', 'start': 10883.114, 'duration': 0.4}, {'end': 10884.094, 'text': "That's why I think..", 'start': 10883.534, 'duration': 0.56}, {'end': 10884.955, 'text': "So you're a Hoppian.", 'start': 10884.094, 'duration': 0.861}, {'end': 10887.016, 'text': "So you're an authoritarian.", 'start': 10885.675, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 10888.397, 'text': 'So Yaron Brooks is a Hoppian.', 'start': 10887.076, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 10889.298, 'text': "No, I'm not a Hoppian.", 'start': 10888.457, 'duration': 0.841}, {'end': 10889.798, 'text': 'Get in the chopper.', 'start': 10889.318, 'duration': 0.48}, {'end': 10890.519, 'text': "I don't want one judge.", 'start': 10889.838, 'duration': 0.681}, {'end': 10892.942, 'text': "I don't want an arbitrary judge.", 'start': 10890.979, 'duration': 1.963}, {'end': 10894.143, 'text': 'I want an objective judge.', 'start': 10893.182, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 10897.828, 'text': "There's an essay by John Hasnas, I think is the name, I'm going to bungle it.", 'start': 10894.664, 'duration': 3.164}, {'end': 10899.751, 'text': "It's going to be in my upcoming book on anarchism.", 'start': 10897.888, 'duration': 1.863}, {'end': 10906.76, 'text': "And he just discusses, and it's a very long, complicated technical issue, that the idea of objective law is incoherent.", 'start': 10900.151, 'duration': 6.609}, {'end': 10908.095, 'text': 'Well, yeah.', 'start': 10907.435, 'duration': 0.66}, {'end': 10909.617, 'text': "I mean, that's why we disagree so much.", 'start': 10908.236, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 10913.059, 'text': 'Yeah Because I think objective law is the only coherence system.', 'start': 10909.637, 'duration': 3.422}], 'summary': 'Debate on objective law vs. incoherent law in anarchism', 'duration': 30.546, 'max_score': 10882.513, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ10882513.jpg'}, {'end': 11172.754, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 11144.261, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 11149.383, 'text': 'I mean, the wars back then were violent in a way that- Unlike now? No, much more violent than now.', 'start': 11144.261, 'duration': 5.122}, {'end': 11151.584, 'text': 'If you look at the actual percentage of people killed in war.', 'start': 11149.503, 'duration': 2.081}, {'end': 11152.305, 'text': 'Yeah, the Steven Pinker book.', 'start': 11151.604, 'duration': 0.701}, {'end': 11152.645, 'text': 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.', 'start': 11152.325, 'duration': 0.32}, {'end': 11154.605, 'text': 'If you look at the percentage of people, and not just that,', 'start': 11152.685, 'duration': 1.92}, {'end': 11161.688, 'text': 'you can look at the other stats the percentage of people killed in war back then were far greater than the percentage of people even during World War II and World War I.', 'start': 11154.605, 'duration': 7.083}, {'end': 11168.951, 'text': 'So, anarchy, and you know, David Friedman loves to quote the sagas of Iceland about how wonderful the anarchy, and I mean..', 'start': 11161.688, 'duration': 7.263}, {'end': 11172.754, 'text': "It's funny because a lot of people who read David Friedman never read the sagas.", 'start': 11169.871, 'duration': 2.883}], 'summary': 'Wars in the past were far more violent, with higher death percentages compared to now.', 'duration': 28.493, 'max_score': 11144.261, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ11144261.jpg'}], 'start': 9250.127, 'title': "Anarchy, government, and bitcoin's future", 'summary': "Explores the relationship between government, anarchy, and bitcoin's future, discussing concepts from 'atlas shrugged', the nature of order, anarchism vs. government, and implications of anarchy on legal systems, highlighting the potential for violence and the need for objective law.", 'chapters': [{'end': 9830.777, 'start': 9250.127, 'title': "Bitcoin's future and government control", 'summary': "Discusses the potential future of bitcoin, including its limitations and the government's ability to control its use, while also exploring the relationship between government, liberty, and anarchy.", 'duration': 580.65, 'highlights': ["Bitcoin's potential as the end or beginning of something and the argument that it serves as the base layer for other technologies Bitcoin is debated as the end or beginning of something, serving as the base layer for other technologies to build upon.", "The potential limitations of Bitcoin and the uncertainty around its future as money due to government intervention Bitcoin's limitations and uncertainty as a form of money due to potential government intervention raise concerns about its future.", "The discussion about the government's ability to control Bitcoin and its impact on its use as money The government's potential control over Bitcoin and its impact on its use as money is deliberated.", 'The contrasting views on government, liberty, and the belief in the necessity of government for achieving a better world The chapter presents contrasting views on government, liberty, and the belief in the necessity of government for achieving a better world.', 'The exploration of anarchism, competing governments, and their impact on human relationships An exploration of anarchism, competing governments, and their impact on human relationships is discussed.']}, {'end': 10035.42, 'start': 9830.777, 'title': 'Anarchy and government in atlas shrugged', 'summary': "Discusses the concept of anarchy, government, and the formation of societies in ayn rand's novel 'atlas shrugged', highlighting the contrast between the hidden society of galt's gulch and the authority of existing governments, while emphasizing the nature of violence and the potential for creating a new form of government.", 'duration': 204.643, 'highlights': ["The concept of anarchy and government in Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' is discussed, highlighting the contrast between the hidden society of Galt's Gulch and the authority of existing governments.", "The nature of violence and the potential for creating a new form of government in the context of Ayn Rand's ideas and the young age of the human race and the Enlightenment are explored.", "The definition of government as an agency with a monopoly of force in a geographical area, as per Ayn Rand's perspective, is contrasted with the concept of anarchism legalizing violence.", 'The discussion delves into the idea that the human race is young, and the ideas of freedom and the Enlightenment are relatively recent, emphasizing the potential for creating the kind of government Ayn Rand and the speaker advocate.', 'The conversation contrasts the Platonist perspective with the belief in the potential for change and creation, illustrating the differing approaches to reality and the formation of new societal systems.']}, {'end': 10359.433, 'start': 10036.361, 'title': 'Nature of order and anarchism vs. government', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of order in the universe, the idea of something new existing in the future, and the comparison between anarchism and government, emphasizing the role of violence and governance in society.', 'duration': 323.072, 'highlights': ['The concept of order in the universe is derived from that which exists and has existed, leading to a discussion about the possibility of something new existing in the future. The concept of order in the universe is derived from that which exists and has existed, challenging the possibility of something new existing in the future.', "Comparison between anarchism and government's approach to violence, including the idea of market-based defenses against violence and the inefficiencies of government monopoly. Comparison between anarchism and government's approach to violence, including the idea of market-based defenses against violence and the inefficiencies of government monopoly.", 'Discussion about private governance versus government, illustrating the distinction between the two concepts. Discussion about private governance versus government, illustrating the distinction between the two concepts.']}, {'end': 10815.573, 'start': 10360.293, 'title': 'Anarchism and government rules', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of anarchism, highlighting its approach to security, monopoly of violence by government, and the accountability of police and military forces, while comparing it to the existing system of laws and regulations.', 'duration': 455.28, 'highlights': ["Anarchism's approach to security as a crucial human need and its critique of government's monopoly on violence Anarchism emphasizes security as a crucial human need and criticizes the government's monopoly on violence, citing examples of rioting and looting as a result of government accountability issues.", "Critique of government's monopoly on violence and lack of accountability The discussion critiques the government's monopoly on violence, attributing it to the lack of accountability and citing examples of police officers retaining their pensions despite engaging in misconduct.", 'Comparison of private security accountability to government monopoly on violence The comparison emphasizes the accountability of private security firms, suggesting that accountability is greater when private security is involved compared to a government monopoly on violence.', 'Discussion on the role of force in human society and the distinction between anarchism and voluntary relationships The conversation delves into the role of force in human society and distinguishes between anarchism and voluntary relationships, highlighting the regulation of relationships through a system of laws and the property rights defined by it.', 'Critique of the potential privatization of force and its instability The critique questions the potential privatization of force, arguing that it could lead to instability and highlights the belief that competing police forces may not work effectively, leading to authoritarianism.']}, {'end': 11292.595, 'start': 10815.593, 'title': 'Anarchy, hoppe, and legal systems', 'summary': "Discusses the implications of anarchy, hoppe's views, and the inevitability of competing legal systems, highlighting the potential for violence and the need for objective law in resolving disputes.", 'duration': 477.002, 'highlights': ["The chapter discusses the potential implications of anarchy, Hoppe's views, and the inevitability of competing legal systems, emphasizing the potential for violence and the need for objective law in resolving disputes.", 'An example of countries with competing legal systems is discussed, illustrating the potential conflict and the lack of resolution in the absence of a single authority.', 'The transcript highlights the prevalence of violence and the lack of mechanisms to resolve disputes in an anarchy, emphasizing the need for objective law and constraints on legalized violence.', 'The discussion delves into the inevitability of competing legal systems, emphasizing the potential for conflicts and the lack of mechanisms to resolve disputes in the absence of a single authority.', 'The chapter touches on the idea of competing legal systems and the need for objective law, highlighting the potential for conflicts and the lack of resolution in the absence of a single authority.']}], 'duration': 2042.468, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ9250127.jpg', 'highlights': ["Bitcoin's potential as the base layer for other technologies", 'The potential limitations of Bitcoin and uncertainty as money due to government intervention', "The government's potential control over Bitcoin and its impact on its use as money", 'The exploration of anarchism, competing governments, and their impact on human relationships', "The concept of anarchy and government in Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged'", 'The nature of violence and the potential for creating a new form of government', 'The concept of order in the 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{'end': 12908.674, 'text': "Yeah, authoritarian ones, ones that don't respect the rights of women at all.", 'start': 12903.812, 'duration': 4.862}, {'end': 12910.954, 'text': 'Are you married? No, no.', 'start': 12909.014, 'duration': 1.94}, {'end': 12913.855, 'text': 'But we all want to have sex with our mother, as Freud would say.', 'start': 12911.034, 'duration': 2.821}, {'end': 12915.116, 'text': 'Oh, my God.', 'start': 12913.875, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 12916.816, 'text': 'Can we make that a clip? Yeah.', 'start': 12915.156, 'duration': 1.66}, {'end': 12922.507, 'text': "Where the hell did that come from? That's much better than what I was just saying about the kids.", 'start': 12917.356, 'duration': 5.151}, {'end': 12923.809, 'text': 'I appreciate that.', 'start': 12923.148, 'duration': 0.661}, {'end': 12930.956, 'text': 'Okay, so we went in a voluntary way, although sometimes for Yaron and sometimes for Michael, it felt involuntary.', 'start': 12923.949, 'duration': 7.007}, {'end': 12933.98, 'text': 'But we all got the big guns.', 'start': 12931.557, 'duration': 2.423}, {'end': 12940.627, 'text': "So how do we land this? Clearly, there's a disagreement about anarchism here.", 'start': 12934.34, 'duration': 6.287}, {'end': 12941.979, 'text': "think we're in.", 'start': 12941.639, 'duration': 0.34}, {'end': 12943.72, 'text': "agree. i think there's a big agreement,", 'start': 12941.979, 'duration': 1.741}, {'end': 12952.924, 'text': 'because if yaron was saying that if i want to have my voluntary stupid thing with you and his government is not going to tax me and is not going to insinuate itself,', 'start': 12943.72, 'duration': 9.204}, {'end': 12955.626, 'text': "unless we're murdering each other, something like that, i'm okay with that.", 'start': 12952.924, 'duration': 2.702}, {'end': 12961.989, 'text': 'so so if you take, if you take the example of sharia law, which was mentioned earlier, so if you impose, if you have a little community within this,', 'start': 12955.626, 'duration': 6.363}, {'end': 12967.124, 'text': 'within my world right, that imposes Sharia law.', 'start': 12963.281, 'duration': 3.843}, {'end': 12975.271, 'text': 'if it starts mutilating little girls, then you impose your law on it right?', 'start': 12967.124, 'duration': 8.147}, {'end': 12978.173, 'text': "You impose the law on it because it's an issue of protecting individual rights.", 'start': 12975.411, 'duration': 2.762}, {'end': 12984.237, 'text': "If they want to treat women, if women have to cover up, and the women are okay with that, that's fine.", 'start': 12978.633, 'duration': 5.604}, {'end': 12992.123, 'text': "If the woman wants to leave but is not allowed to leave, that's where my government would step in and allow a, you know,", 'start': 12984.378, 'duration': 7.745}, {'end': 12994.963, 'text': 'prevent them from using force against her.', 'start': 12993.362, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 12997.125, 'text': "And that's it, right? Okay.", 'start': 12995.624, 'duration': 1.501}, {'end': 12999.707, 'text': "Now, I think it's more complicated than that, right?", 'start': 12997.645, 'duration': 2.062}, {'end': 13006.032, 'text': "Because I think there are complex issue of property rights often where it's not going to be easy for you guys to resolve,", 'start': 12999.787, 'duration': 6.245}, {'end': 13009.035, 'text': 'and particularly if you interact with people outside of your community.', 'start': 13006.032, 'duration': 3.003}, {'end': 13015.9, 'text': 'Sure But yeah, my view is government is there to protect individual rights.', 'start': 13009.075, 'duration': 6.825}, {'end': 13017.902, 'text': "That's it, to otherwise leave you alone.", 'start': 13015.96, 'duration': 1.942}, {'end': 13021.466, 'text': 'i think this conversation is going to continue for quite a while.', 'start': 13018.422, 'duration': 3.044}, {'end': 13026.634, 'text': 'uh, michael has a new book on the topic coming out eventually one day.', 'start': 13021.466, 'duration': 5.168}, {'end': 13029.778, 'text': "so you're working also on, uh, the still called the white pill.", 'start': 13026.634, 'duration': 3.144}, {'end': 13037.449, 'text': "the white pill, yeah, and the first line of the white pill is ayn rand did not laugh, I'm not joking.", 'start': 13029.778, 'duration': 7.671}, {'end': 13038.389, 'text': "That's literally the first line.", 'start': 13037.469, 'duration': 0.92}, {'end': 13038.87, 'text': 'I believe you.', 'start': 13038.409, 'duration': 0.461}, {'end': 13040.47, 'text': 'Because it opens up with her.', 'start': 13038.93, 'duration': 1.54}, {'end': 13043.011, 'text': "Who knows what the book's going to look like when it's done.", 'start': 13041.35, 'duration': 1.661}, {'end': 13044.251, 'text': "But as of now, that's the beginning.", 'start': 13043.051, 'duration': 1.2}, {'end': 13049.413, 'text': 'Because it opens up with her testimony at the House Un-American Activities Committee,', 'start': 13044.611, 'duration': 4.802}, {'end': 13057.955, 'text': "where she's trying to explain to these Congress people what it was like when she left the Soviet Union, and they're just befuddled by it.", 'start': 13049.413, 'duration': 8.542}], 'summary': 'Discussion about private law, individual rights, and government intervention.', 'duration': 165.87, 'max_score': 12892.085, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ12892085.jpg'}, {'end': 13006.032, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 12978.633, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 12984.237, 'text': "If they want to treat women, if women have to cover up, and the women are okay with that, that's fine.", 'start': 12978.633, 'duration': 5.604}, {'end': 12992.123, 'text': "If the woman wants to leave but is not allowed to leave, that's where my government would step in and allow a, you know,", 'start': 12984.378, 'duration': 7.745}, {'end': 12994.963, 'text': 'prevent them from using force against her.', 'start': 12993.362, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 12997.125, 'text': "And that's it, right? Okay.", 'start': 12995.624, 'duration': 1.501}, {'end': 12999.707, 'text': "Now, I think it's more complicated than that, right?", 'start': 12997.645, 'duration': 2.062}, {'end': 13006.032, 'text': "Because I think there are complex issue of property rights often where it's not going to be easy for you guys to resolve,", 'start': 12999.787, 'duration': 6.245}], 'summary': 'Government intervention if woman not allowed to leave', 'duration': 27.399, 'max_score': 12978.633, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ12978633.jpg'}, {'end': 13130.757, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 13103.607, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 13110.009, 'text': "which sets up the broader point of the book, which I'm sure I'll be back on the show to discuss, assuming this bridge hasn't been burned,", 'start': 13103.607, 'duration': 6.402}, {'end': 13110.91, 'text': "but I'll try my best.", 'start': 13110.009, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 13114.311, 'text': 'All three of us are canceled.', 'start': 13112.11, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 13115.932, 'text': 'Some are more canceled than the others.', 'start': 13114.331, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 13117.732, 'text': "Uh-oh I don't know.", 'start': 13116.092, 'duration': 1.64}, {'end': 13119.373, 'text': "I'm looking at you, Michael.", 'start': 13117.752, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 13130.757, 'text': 'The point being which sets up the broader point of the book is how ignorant many people are in the West about the horrors of Stalinism and communism,', 'start': 13119.413, 'duration': 11.344}], 'summary': 'The book highlights ignorance about stalinism and communism in the west.', 'duration': 27.15, 'max_score': 13103.607, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ13103607.jpg'}, {'end': 13199.073, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 13170.429, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 13174.733, 'text': "you know this isn't common knowledge to them then we can assume that almost no one knows about it.", 'start': 13170.429, 'duration': 4.304}, {'end': 13183.821, 'text': "And I think it's very important for people to appreciate, whether Republican, Democrat, liberal, whatever, how much of a danger this is.", 'start': 13175.134, 'duration': 8.687}, {'end': 13187.308, 'text': 'and i think americans have this.', 'start': 13184.967, 'duration': 2.341}, {'end': 13191.47, 'text': "there's a book called it can't happen here, i think by uh sinclair lewis, about a fashion.", 'start': 13187.308, 'duration': 4.162}, {'end': 13192.35, 'text': 'come to america.', 'start': 13191.47, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 13199.073, 'text': "we american exceptionalism has a positive context, but also have a negative context where you think we're invincible.", 'start': 13192.35, 'duration': 6.723}], 'summary': 'Americans need to recognize the danger of assuming invincibility.', 'duration': 28.644, 'max_score': 13170.429, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ13170429.jpg'}], 'start': 11293.035, 'title': 'Ideology, governance, and intervention', 'summary': "Delves into challenges of ideology in state operations, private governance's impact on property rights, advocating for capitalism and government intervention, and ayn rand's perspective on stalinism. it explores cases like the da's decree in san francisco and emphasizes the importance of protecting individual rights.", 'chapters': [{'end': 11965.509, 'start': 11293.035, 'title': 'Challenges of ideology in state operations', 'summary': "Discusses the challenges of ideology in state operations, including the case of the da in san francisco's decree not to prosecute shoplifting for less than $200, the implications of private arbitration, and the issues with the current legal system and law enforcement. it also explores the emergence of force and security agencies in the absence of a government, and the role of law and markets in society.", 'duration': 672.474, 'highlights': ['The DA in San Francisco has decreed not to prosecute shoplifting for less than $200, which has implications for both poor people and shop owners, creating a deleterious culture in the area. The DA in San Francisco has unilaterally decreed not to prosecute shoplifting for less than $200, negatively impacting both poor people and shop owners and creating a deleterious culture in the area.', 'Private arbitration is cited as an example where recourse to the government is not a realistic concern, as it is exorbitant and time-consuming, pointing to the inefficiencies of using the state. Private arbitration is highlighted as an example where recourse to the government is exorbitant and time-consuming, indicating the inefficiencies of using the state as a resolution mechanism.', "The chapter discusses the issues with the current legal system and law enforcement, including asset forfeiture, police department incentives, and the erosion of the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty.' The chapter delves into the issues with the current legal system and law enforcement, covering topics such as asset forfeiture, police department incentives, and the erosion of the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty.'", 'The emergence of force and security agencies in the absence of a government is explored, discussing the dynamics of power, control, and negotiation in a capitalist context. The emergence of force and security agencies in the absence of a government is explored, discussing the dynamics of power, control, and negotiation in a capitalist context.', 'The role of law as the context that allows markets to be created is highlighted, emphasizing the significance of law in facilitating transactions and contracts within a society. The role of law as the context that allows markets to be created is highlighted, emphasizing the significance of law in facilitating transactions and contracts within a society.']}, {'end': 12538.313, 'start': 11965.509, 'title': 'Private governance and property rights', 'summary': "Discusses the importance of defined property rights in facilitating private innovations and transactions, highlighting the impact of legal systems on private governance and the role of ayn rand's ideas in shaping societal behavior and relationships.", 'duration': 572.804, 'highlights': ['Defined property rights and legal systems are crucial for facilitating private innovations and transactions, impacting the efficiency and development of systems like eBay.', 'The impact of legal systems on private governance and transactions is demonstrated through the example of a Chinese person with different property rights killing an American in Brazil, highlighting the potential conflicts arising from differing legal systems.', "The influence of Ayn Rand's ideas on societal behavior and relationships is emphasized, suggesting that good ideas lead to good societies and behavior, ultimately impacting interpersonal relationships and the prevention of conflicts.", "The discussion also delves into the role of psychology in shaping ideas and perspectives, with a focus on how personal grudges and biases can influence individuals' receptiveness to new ideas and concepts."]}, {'end': 13021.466, 'start': 12540.673, 'title': 'Advocating for capitalism and government intervention', 'summary': 'Discusses advocating for capitalism, government intervention, and the emergence of laws under anarchism, emphasizing the importance of protecting individual rights and the potential for innovation in private law.', 'duration': 480.793, 'highlights': ["The importance of protecting individual rights and the government's role in leaving individuals to live their lives as they see fit is emphasized, advocating for capitalism and minimal government intervention.", 'The discussion of the emergence of laws under anarchism and the potential for innovation in private law is highlighted, showcasing different perspectives on the evolution of legal systems.', "The mention of Ayn Rand's proposal for raising government revenue through arbitration and the value of innovation in the public space is emphasized, providing insight into alternative revenue models and the potential for innovative legal processes.", "The conversation about the complexities of resolving issues related to property rights and interactions with communities outside of one's own is highlighted, acknowledging the challenges in handling complex disputes under anarchism and the potential need for government intervention in protecting individual rights."]}, {'end': 13351.143, 'start': 13021.466, 'title': 'Ayn rand and the horrors of stalinism', 'summary': "Discusses ayn rand's reverence for america, the ignorance in the west about the horrors of stalinism and communism, and the need for more awareness about events like the holodomor, with a recommendation for the movie 'mr. jones'.", 'duration': 329.677, 'highlights': ["Ayn Rand's enormous reverence for American political institutions, including her respect for the presidency, and the reference to a character in Atlas Shrugged based on Harry Truman.", 'The ignorance in the West about the horrors of Stalinism and communism, and the complicity of many in downplaying the atrocities, leading to the need for broader awareness among people.', "The recommendation for the movie 'Mr. Jones' as an effective illustration of the Ukrainian famine during the Stalin era, and the need for more awareness about events like the Holodomor."]}], 'duration': 2058.108, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ11293035.jpg', 'highlights': ['The DA in San Francisco has decreed not to prosecute shoplifting for less than $200, negatively impacting both poor people and shop owners and creating a deleterious culture in the area.', "The importance of protecting individual rights and the government's role in leaving individuals to live their lives as they see fit is emphasized, advocating for capitalism and minimal government intervention.", 'The emergence of force and security agencies in the absence of a government is explored, discussing the dynamics of power, control, and negotiation in a capitalist context.', 'The discussion of the emergence of laws under anarchism and the potential for innovation in private law is highlighted, showcasing different perspectives on the evolution of legal systems.', 'Defined property rights and legal systems are crucial for facilitating private innovations and transactions, impacting the efficiency and development of systems like eBay.']}, {'end': 14567.643, 'segs': [{'end': 13476.295, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 13448.824, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 13453.247, 'text': "And Relaina's like, you want this? And she's like, yes, because that's the concretization of the human mind.", 'start': 13448.824, 'duration': 4.423}, {'end': 13454.008, 'text': 'These are rocks.', 'start': 13453.447, 'duration': 0.561}, {'end': 13456.248, 'text': "Mm-hmm And Lillian's like, okay, whatever.", 'start': 13454.228, 'duration': 2.02}, {'end': 13463.65, 'text': 'And that character is someone who has a lot of resonance in our culture.', 'start': 13456.949, 'duration': 6.701}, {'end': 13465.551, 'text': 'This kind of soulless.', 'start': 13463.671, 'duration': 1.88}, {'end': 13476.295, 'text': "it's easy to write a soulless male figure like Peter Keating, in some ways a soulless, but that For some reason, when it's like a soulless female,", 'start': 13465.551, 'duration': 10.744}], 'summary': 'Discussion on soulless male and female figures in culture.', 'duration': 27.471, 'max_score': 13448.824, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ13448824.jpg'}, {'end': 13516.724, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 13487.161, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 13492.023, 'text': "And what I love about Reardon is his evolution, right? He's so flawed.", 'start': 13487.161, 'duration': 4.862}, {'end': 13494.325, 'text': "He's a hero who's completely flawed.", 'start': 13492.504, 'duration': 1.821}, {'end': 13500.128, 'text': "And it drives me nuts when people say characters are cartoonish, they never change, there's no emotion.", 'start': 13494.425, 'duration': 5.703}, {'end': 13502.849, 'text': 'Really?. Did you read the same book?', 'start': 13501.147, 'duration': 1.702}, {'end': 13503.089, 'text': 'I did?', 'start': 13502.849, 'duration': 0.24}, {'end': 13510.737, 'text': "Because if you take Reardon and he's struggling and he's trying to deal with Lillian and his family and all this stuff and we know family members like this right?", 'start': 13503.329, 'duration': 7.408}, {'end': 13516.724, 'text': "I mean who are leeches and parasites but he's excusing them because that's what he's supposed to do.", 'start': 13510.817, 'duration': 5.907}], 'summary': "Reardon's flawed heroism and emotional evolution challenge cartoonish character perceptions.", 'duration': 29.563, 'max_score': 13487.161, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ13487161.jpg'}, {'end': 13829.009, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 13800.791, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 13806.054, 'text': "I promise you, you will cry because there's no pure, I'm getting teared up right now.", 'start': 13800.791, 'duration': 5.263}, {'end': 13814.898, 'text': "There's no pure expression of humanity and technology at its best than seeing a two year old or one and a half year old who can't even talk.", 'start': 13806.314, 'duration': 8.584}, {'end': 13817.359, 'text': "And then you see the reaction when they hear mom's voice.", 'start': 13815.378, 'duration': 1.981}, {'end': 13820.001, 'text': "It's so beautiful and moving.", 'start': 13817.739, 'duration': 2.262}, {'end': 13822.723, 'text': "Absolutely yeah, there's a few things that's moving.", 'start': 13820.321, 'duration': 2.402}, {'end': 13829.009, 'text': "it is, it's like it's one of the one of the ways to to rethink technology, perhaps, and there's this.", 'start': 13822.723, 'duration': 6.286}], 'summary': "Witnessing a young child's pure reaction to technology is a moving expression of humanity.", 'duration': 28.218, 'max_score': 13800.791, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ13800791.jpg'}, {'end': 14055.467, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 14020.245, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 14022.306, 'text': "well, i thought, let's suppose someone wants to go into politics.", 'start': 14020.245, 'duration': 2.061}, {'end': 14024.327, 'text': "well, if i'm not elected president, i'm a failure.", 'start': 14022.306, 'duration': 2.021}, {'end': 14025.187, 'text': "that's nonsensical.", 'start': 14024.327, 'duration': 0.86}, {'end': 14029.529, 'text': "there's lots of people who are successful, who haven't achieved literally the top position, their role.", 'start': 14025.187, 'duration': 4.342}, {'end': 14036.012, 'text': "so if you can go to your grave, having defending everything you've done and you've moved the needle, this should not be relative.", 'start': 14029.529, 'duration': 6.483}, {'end': 14036.392, 'text': 'Yes.', 'start': 14036.212, 'duration': 0.18}, {'end': 14037.994, 'text': 'So that goes back to second handedness.', 'start': 14036.432, 'duration': 1.562}, {'end': 14040.515, 'text': 'Yes Success is not being better than other people.', 'start': 14038.014, 'duration': 2.501}, {'end': 14042.457, 'text': 'Success is not being the best.', 'start': 14040.536, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 14045.88, 'text': 'Success is maximizing your potential, whatever that is.', 'start': 14042.997, 'duration': 2.883}, {'end': 14055.467, 'text': "And look, you know, I know people, you know I have a son who's who could be Really good engineer, really good mathematician, really good scientist,", 'start': 14046.1, 'duration': 9.367}], 'summary': 'Success is not about being the best, but maximizing potential and making a meaningful impact.', 'duration': 35.222, 'max_score': 14020.245, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ14020245.jpg'}, {'end': 14339.193, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 14315.424, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 14323.266, 'text': 'So, if you look at John Galt, if you look at the highest ideals of a life we could live, what advice would you give to a 20 year old today,', 'start': 14315.424, 'duration': 7.842}, {'end': 14324.546, 'text': '18 year old?', 'start': 14323.266, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 14326.367, 'text': 'And I think Rand would agree.', 'start': 14324.626, 'duration': 1.741}, {'end': 14332.688, 'text': "When Rand was writing John Galt, she says, when you have this character's human perfection, you don't want to get too close.", 'start': 14326.767, 'duration': 5.921}, {'end': 14339.193, 'text': "So he's a little bit of a vague character because she was aware that when you're dealing with day-to-day, it kind of, the shine comes off.", 'start': 14333.348, 'duration': 5.845}], 'summary': 'Advice for 20-year-olds: embrace ideals, but beware of human imperfection.', 'duration': 23.769, 'max_score': 14315.424, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ14315424.jpg'}, {'end': 14557.277, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 14530.407, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 14534.29, 'text': 'the guy who takes people out for their birthday is awesome.', 'start': 14530.407, 'duration': 3.883}, {'end': 14535.51, 'text': 'That could be you.', 'start': 14534.75, 'duration': 0.76}, {'end': 14536.731, 'text': "There's nothing stopping you.", 'start': 14535.63, 'duration': 1.101}, {'end': 14538.011, 'text': "You're just not thinking in these terms.", 'start': 14536.751, 'duration': 1.26}, {'end': 14540.212, 'text': "What's it going to cost you? $30?", 'start': 14538.351, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 14544.673, 'text': 'But for the rest of their life or a few years, that person will remember you and be like you know what?', 'start': 14540.212, 'duration': 4.461}, {'end': 14546.534, 'text': 'This person did right by me.', 'start': 14544.693, 'duration': 1.841}, {'end': 14550.555, 'text': "And I'll give you a concrete example which changed my life profoundly.", 'start': 14546.554, 'duration': 4.001}, {'end': 14557.277, 'text': 'Ted Hope, who was the producer of the film American Splendor, which starred my mentor, Harvey Pekar,', 'start': 14551.375, 'duration': 5.902}], 'summary': 'Take someone out for their birthday. it could change their life for $30.', 'duration': 26.87, 'max_score': 14530.407, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ14530407.jpg'}], 'start': 13351.163, 'title': 'Literary characters and personal influence', 'summary': "Delves into the impact of literary characters on individuals' lives, emphasizing personal connections and fascination with specific characters, while also discussing character dynamics in atlas shrugged and the ethical responsibility of parents in providing medical aid to their children, as well as the importance of living a fulfilling life aligned with one's values and ideals.", 'chapters': [{'end': 13390.55, 'start': 13351.163, 'title': 'Literary characters influence', 'summary': "Discusses the influence of literary characters on individuals' lives, as well as the personal connection and fascination with specific characters, emphasizing the impact on one's thoughts and emotions.", 'duration': 39.387, 'highlights': ["The discussion involves the influence of characters from 'The Fountainhead' and 'Atlas Shrugged' on individuals' lives and the personal connection with these characters.", "The conversation delves into the personal fascination with a specific character and its impact on one's thoughts and emotions.", 'The speaker expresses a unique connection and attraction to a particular character, emphasizing the influence and resonance it has on their emotions and thoughts.']}, {'end': 13719.076, 'start': 13391.411, 'title': 'Atlas shrugged analysis', 'summary': "Discusses the character dynamics in atlas shrugged, highlighting the 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Importance of providing medical aid to children, emphasis on the impact of hearing on child development.", 'The concept of living a fulfilling life by staying true to oneself and maximizing potential is discussed, highlighting the importance of personal values and goals. The importance of staying true to oneself, maximizing potential, and pursuing personal values and goals.', 'The disappointment in the compromise of integrity in the world of technology and the slippery slope effect is discussed, emphasizing the gradual erosion of integrity and ethical values. Discussion on compromise of integrity in the technology world and the gradual erosion of ethical values.']}, {'end': 14567.643, 'start': 14187.73, 'title': 'Living a fulfilling life', 'summary': "Emphasizes the importance of living a life aligned with one's values and ideals, citing examples of individuals who have compromised and those who have lived with integrity and success, while also discussing the impact of iconic literary characters on inspiring perseverance and courage in young people.", 'duration': 379.913, 'highlights': ["The chapter emphasizes the importance of living a life aligned with one's values and ideals. The speaker discusses how compromising on personal values and aspirations can lead to a midlife crisis, highlighting the significance of staying true to one's principles.", 'Examples of individuals who have compromised and those who have lived with integrity and success are cited. The transcript shares anecdotes of individuals who compromised in their professional and personal lives, leading to dissatisfaction, as well as those who pursued their desired profession and lived fulfilling lives with integrity, such as individuals at Amazon.', 'The impact of iconic literary characters on inspiring perseverance and courage in young people is discussed. The speaker discusses the influence of literary characters like John Galt and Howard Rourke in inspiring young individuals to persevere through challenges, make courageous choices, and live a life aligned with their values and ideals.']}], 'duration': 1216.48, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ13351163.jpg', 'highlights': ['The impact of iconic literary characters on inspiring perseverance and courage in young people is discussed.', 'The masterful storytelling of Ayn Rand is praised, particularly in creating reader investment in Hank Reardon and his accomplishments.', 'The concept of living a fulfilling life by staying true to oneself and maximizing potential is discussed, highlighting the importance of personal values and goals.', "The chapter emphasizes the importance of living a life aligned with one's values and ideals.", 'The emotional power of scenes involving Dagny, such as her captivation by music and the intense success and passion during the first train ride, is highlighted, emphasizing the depth of character and the theme of individual success in the novel.', "The ethical responsibility of parents in providing medical aid to their children is discussed, emphasizing the importance of hearing and its impact on a child's development.", 'The disappointment in the compromise of integrity in the world of technology and the slippery slope effect is discussed, emphasizing the gradual erosion of integrity and ethical values.', 'Examples of individuals who have compromised and those who have lived with integrity and success are cited.']}, {'end': 15909.061, 'segs': [{'end': 15143.877, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 15116.434, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 15119.096, 'text': 'I get sick of it, she gets sick of it, it would never last.', 'start': 15116.434, 'duration': 2.662}, {'end': 15124.439, 'text': 'It has to be in give and take constantly in different ways, right? 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And one party feels like they're giving all the time, they're sacrificing.", 'start': 15134.906, 'duration': 6.744}, {'end': 15143.877, 'text': "They're giving more than they're receiving in a sense.", 'start': 15142.216, 'duration': 1.661}], 'summary': 'Balanced relationships require constant give and take to avoid imbalance and resentment.', 'duration': 27.443, 'max_score': 15116.434, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ15116434.jpg'}, {'end': 15187.465, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 15155.306, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 15156.207, 'text': 'Jordan Peterson, I said.', 'start': 15155.306, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 15157.048, 'text': "I didn't call him Jordan.", 'start': 15156.247, 'duration': 0.801}, {'end': 15158.309, 'text': 'I just wanted to be clear.', 'start': 15157.068, 'duration': 1.241}, {'end': 15162.732, 'text': 'Yeah He uses it in his talks as, sometimes he uses it just as I described it.', 'start': 15158.749, 'duration': 3.983}, {'end': 15168.377, 'text': "And he's supportive of that, like the sacrifice Jesus made, right? And sometimes he uses it as an investment.", 'start': 15163.653, 'duration': 4.724}, {'end': 15170.473, 'text': "But it's not.", 'start': 15169.292, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 15176.997, 'text': "If you're giving money now, expecting a bigger return in the future, that's not a sacrifice, that's an investment.", 'start': 15170.573, 'duration': 6.424}, {'end': 15178.698, 'text': "That's why we have two concepts for that.", 'start': 15177.197, 'duration': 1.501}, {'end': 15187.465, 'text': "And the same is true, you know, if my wife is ill and I'm in, you know, I've got a whole relationship build around what I'm giving.", 'start': 15179.138, 'duration': 8.327}], 'summary': 'Jordan peterson discusses the concept of sacrifice and investment in his talks.', 'duration': 32.159, 'max_score': 15155.306, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ15155306.jpg'}, {'end': 15242.649, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 15215.919, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 15223.306, 'text': "And if I love going to the movies more than I love staying with the kids, then get a babysitter or don't have kids, which is the better approach.", 'start': 15215.919, 'duration': 7.387}, {'end': 15225.388, 'text': "Here's another terrific question.", 'start': 15223.646, 'duration': 1.742}, {'end': 15230.113, 'text': 'What book did Ayn Rand say is the most evil book in all of serious literature? Tolstoy? It was Anna Karenina.', 'start': 15225.648, 'duration': 4.465}, {'end': 15230.794, 'text': 'Tolstoy, yeah, Anna Karenina.', 'start': 15230.133, 'duration': 0.661}, {'end': 15232.856, 'text': "And the reason it was that book which I haven't read.", 'start': 15230.854, 'duration': 2.002}, {'end': 15234.098, 'text': 'please correct me if I get the plot wrong.', 'start': 15232.856, 'duration': 1.242}, {'end': 15237.623, 'text': "what Rand was saying is the plot is a guy who's a big shot, I think.", 'start': 15234.098, 'duration': 3.525}, {'end': 15242.649, 'text': 'He marries a stupid girl who has nothing of value to offer him at all, and she ends up killing herself.', 'start': 15237.963, 'duration': 4.686}], 'summary': 'Ayn rand called anna karenina the most evil book in serious literature for its plot of a man marrying a valueless woman who ends up killing herself.', 'duration': 26.73, 'max_score': 15215.919, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ15215919.jpg'}, {'end': 15277.059, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 15250.577, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 15254.179, 'text': 'it is makes me feel wonderful and not in a kind of parasitic way.', 'start': 15250.577, 'duration': 3.602}, {'end': 15255.2, 'text': "it's just like that.", 'start': 15254.179, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 15259.523, 'text': "i'm at a certain point where they call me up, they're having a problem and i've helped them with that problem.", 'start': 15255.2, 'duration': 4.323}, {'end': 15263.349, 'text': 'anna karenina, he gives up The love of his life.', 'start': 15259.523, 'duration': 3.826}, {'end': 15265.911, 'text': 'Oh, is that what it is? The amazing girl.', 'start': 15263.389, 'duration': 2.522}, {'end': 15274.417, 'text': 'He has an affair with her outside of marriage, taints her, is married to the stupid, but she gives him the prestige and everything.', 'start': 15266.531, 'duration': 7.886}, {'end': 15277.059, 'text': "Oh, that's clearly very anti-Roman.", 'start': 15274.697, 'duration': 2.362}], 'summary': 'Discussion about relationships and literature, with a reference to anna karenina and infidelity.', 'duration': 26.482, 'max_score': 15250.577, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ15250577.jpg'}, {'end': 15588.447, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 15561.819, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 15567.364, 'text': "i mean i don't really fully know texas, texas, but austin, the friendliness there's a reason i've been,", 'start': 15561.819, 'duration': 5.545}, {'end': 15575.311, 'text': "i've gotten fatter and been drinking a lot is for all the friendliness from random people who are not no longer random, they're just friends.", 'start': 15567.364, 'duration': 7.947}, {'end': 15581.357, 'text': "i've made more friends in one week than i have in my entire stay in cambridge, massachusetts.", 'start': 15575.311, 'duration': 6.046}, {'end': 15584.68, 'text': 'yeah, exactly, yeah, exactly one and a half.', 'start': 15581.357, 'duration': 3.323}, {'end': 15588.447, 'text': "I've never counted up that high.", 'start': 15586.806, 'duration': 1.641}], 'summary': "Austin's friendliness led to weight gain and more friends than in cambridge, massachusetts.", 'duration': 26.628, 'max_score': 15561.819, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Pl3x4GINtBQ/pics/Pl3x4GINtBQ15561819.jpg'}, {'end': 15642.37, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 15608.561, 'weight': 11, 'content': [{'end': 15613.105, 'text': 'Okay And now your task with doing- Talk about bad juju.', 'start': 15608.561, 'duration': 4.544}, {'end': 15614.346, 'text': 'Juju Juju.', 'start': 15613.285, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 15618.571, 'text': 'To practice what you preach.', 'start': 15615.086, 'duration': 3.485}, {'end': 15622.956, 'text': 'is there in your soul that you can find one beautiful thing to say about Yaron.', 'start': 15618.571, 'duration': 4.385}, {'end': 15627.361, 'text': 'now that you guys met for the first, second or third time, or at least in book format?', 'start': 15622.956, 'duration': 4.405}, {'end': 15628.623, 'text': "So that's an easy one.", 'start': 15627.602, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 15630.906, 'text': 'So what I like about Yaron is..', 'start': 15628.943, 'duration': 1.963}, {'end': 15642.37, 'text': "is that I think he is taking one of the problems with maybe more old school objectivism is that they would just use Rand's arguments in Rand's way.", 'start': 15631.346, 'duration': 11.024}], 'summary': "Discussing yaron's approach to addressing old school objectivism.", 'duration': 33.809, 'max_score': 15608.561, 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