Thank you khalling,
I am a radical. :)
Good lecture.
O.A.

Let me add an aspect most people don't consider:

Drive a car with a gas pedal and gas mechanism for a week - WITHOUT brakes.

Try it the other way around - brakes without gas.

That's what Republicans and Democrats are for.

Socialists are the monkey wrench in the engine.
Objectivists, Constitutionalists, and others are the steering wheel.

The day our government AGREES on everything, it's time to flee, fast.

Watched the first few minutes of this lecture. I can tell it will be interesting.
If anyone wold like, I'll post my thoughts on it after I finish watching. Let me know.

Thanks for posting this Khalling. I did not know it was available, and it is quite a good talk. Though there was only a few things that were new in it for me, it is very good to hear the principles laid out again, and Yaron is one of the best.

Jehosophat, this was such a pleasure for me. I loved Yaron's passion, his talking about his own deepest values. To me, that is what Objectivism was missing. I loved when he said what he did *not* know. Too many Objectivists, both I have known personally and on the Net, act like robots repeating Rand's words, rather than people who are actively trying to integrate what they do know about Rand's thinking with their own personal experiences. I also see that, to get personal, when some folks see that I have reason to back up some of my ideas, they don't admit they were mistaken and appreciate what they learned in talking with me. Nope, they just run away:( I can't envision Yaron acting that way. When he knows something, he knows it. And when he does not know something, he says so, openly and honestly. I tell you this was the most enjoyable video I have seen about Objectivism except for Rand's own TV interviews, which I also loved.

Thanks k. An hour and a half well spent.

We will all use Objectivism in our own way, since we all vary in many ways and as a result some elements of this philosophy will be given different emphasis by different people.

Very good, thank you for posting the link. I wondered if I was alone with most of the the thoughts Dr. Brooks expressed so well.

We take philosophy serious (I like that). Is that why some think we're a little weird and even obsessed sometimes?

As an aside, has anyone ever learned why Ayn, in interviews has that continued, jerking left and down glance?

I found the constant pacing left to right and back too annoying to permit watching more than a minute or so. I am surmise that the message is important, but tell the nervous jerk to stand still and only use gestures when emphasizing an important point.