collecting together a few videos I've really liked recently where people have a pretty solid argument for something (mostly against religion, tradition, and government)
fun stuff
Ayn Rand: 1959 interview
rational self-interest
i've never read any of her books and i've read some criticism of her, but she's brutal
virtues of selfishness
Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions
really great arguments
David Deutsch: a new way to explain explanation
why it is stupid to believe things that don't have good explanations, and what a good explanation is, that a good explanation can't easily be changed
"the truth consists of hard-to-vary assertions about reality"
David Brooks: the social animal
talkin' bout human nature
"we're developing a revolution in consciousness"
conscious mind versus unconscious mind, emotions are at the center of our thinking—"leading and educating your emotions is one of the chief activities of wisdom"
"reason is often weak; our sentiments are often strong and trustworthy"
"the effectiveness of a group is not determined by IQ, but by communication, how often they take turns talking"
"the unconscious mind hungers for those moments of transcendence... lost in a challenge or task"
Daniel Kahneman: the riddle of experience vs. memory
our 'experiencing self' and our 'remembering self', our storytelling memory
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