Mainstream Media -- What Should Our Attitude Be? | Yaron Brook Show
Channel: Yaron Brook
Date: 2023-01-24

00:00 Intro 
02:55 Mike Pence: Classified documents 
07:10 Too much Objectivist content
10:22 Articles from Astral Codex Ten | Scott Alexander https://astralcodexten.substack.com/
18:35 Article from Richard Hanania https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-the-media-is-honest-and-good
22:24 Article from Bryan Caplan https://betonit.substack.com/p/mainstream-media-is-worse-than-silence
22:54 Hanania's arguments
25:30 Examples from The New York Times
30:20 Mainstream Media vs Conservative Media
33:03 Hanania's point 
35:20 The Wall Street Journal
36:27 The mainstream media are product of the mainstream philosophy
39:50 There are no alternative media
40:50 Media want to report the truth, but don't know what objectivity is. See http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/objectivity.html
41:53 Hanania underestimates the damage
42:35 Almost all reporters are leftists
48:06 The only source of the news
50:28 Caplan's arguments
52:21 Catastrophizing
55:28 Caplan's view
56:28 Stop focusing on the news
56:57 Pitch for Yaron's daily news shows
1:00:23 TV news is most biased
1:02:34 Send interesting stories to Yaron
1:03:23 Announcement: OCON scholarship 

Live Questions:
1:09:41 Have European, Canadian and Israeli healthcare systems allowed for more private options over the past 50 years? Seems like people in these countries with money are demanding higher quality care. As more people move from the middle to upper classes is there greater political pressure to allow for privatization?
1:12:31 Yaron I saw your take on Kobe Bryant’s speech and after hearing it, motivation just went through my blood streams. Using my reason, my strength and my will to achieve excellence in a given profession is the true meaning of life.
1:15:20 Once the baby boomers die out completely, will there be real political will to reform our entitlement programs and begin some elements of privatization? Most young people today know social security is a complete ripoff.
1:16:36 How long since you last read "How To Lie With Statistics?" Does it need to be updated? Should it be in curricula? If so, in what grade? Is it even possible to discuss data with someone who did not read and understand HTLWS?
1:21:39 Do you ever watch these MasterClass's? They seem to be extremely popular and lucrative. Would you ever consider doing a MasterClass on self esteem or achieving happiness? A great way to make $$ and really spread Objectivism.
1:26:26 To what degree do you see Cato Inst as a force for good/bad, and same question about Mises Inst
1:29:40 What do you think of Steven Crowder’s current spat with Daily Wire (Ben Shapiro’s company)? Who is right in your view?
1:30:27 Does maritime law apply to Mars? In The Martian, the astronaut says Mars is in international waters since it's not in any other country's territory.
1:32:03 Do you like the book Dune? Do you like the film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?
1:33:18 Given the fiscal chaos, does it make more sense to start taking social security out as soon as you're legally allowed to at age 62? Or because you're in good health, will you wait until you're 70?
1:34:47 Rain Man was based on Kim Peek, a savant who could read 8 books a day, 1 page in 10 sec. Left eye-left page, Right eye-right page. Emotionally childlike, he can't clothe, feed himself or live alone.
1:35:40 Did you see Bryan Kaplan's debate with Alex Epstein? Any idea when you you will be debating him? Is there anyway to bring more big shots to debate at OCON this year, like you did with Jordan Peterson?
1:36:31 You say altruism is a more powerful force than envy, but isn't altruism just a rationalization for envy?
1:37:25 I think if you are younger than your spouse and make less money, you should take social security at 62? I am planning to do that.
1:38:16 "The Left" needs to be fought. "The Right" is an obstacle to this. News from "The Left" is heavily biased. "News" from "The Right" isn't even news. 
1:38:34 See pinned comment for timestamps of additional questions

1:46:04 Future shows schedule


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