14 – Don Watkins: Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand, Epistemology and Wealth
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Show Notes
Don Watkins is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. He is the coauthor, along with Yaron Brook, of Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government and Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:39 - On a quest for the best life that you can achieve
4:02 - Happiness without morality or morality without happiness
5:27 - The interests of humans are at harmony
7:58 - Sacrifice is not good for you and the world
12:24 - Love is selfish
17:12 - Are soldiers sacrificial?
19:15 - The Fountainhead
23:33 - Communicating counter-culture ideas
33:58 - Epistemology
47:25 - Wealth, progress and happiness
1:01:52 - Closing remarks
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