The Operating System of Progress

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The basic ideas that people accept are like a computer’s operating system. If the OS has bugs and is vulnerable to viruses, it wreaks havoc on the machine and its user. The same goes for a person’s fundamental ideas about the nature of the world, his means of gaining knowledge, and what he ought to do with his life. In this episode, Jon gives an overview of some of the ideas that have aided progress, and some that have hindered it.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">#Aristotle #Plato #AynRand # #objectivity #ImmanualKant #philosophy #flourishing</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">⏰ TIMESTAMPS:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">0:00 Introduction</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2:36 Plato's World of Forms and the Philosopher Dictatorship</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">6:22 Aristotle's philosophy of this world</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">10:22 Immanuel Kant and the Phenomenal Realm vs the Noumenal Realm</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">16:15 Ayn Rand's revival of Aristotle</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">21:08 Final comments</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Scout Mindset</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Julia Galef:</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/32N9J6T"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/32N9J6T</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cave and the Light</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Arthur Herman, reviewed by Jon Hersey:</span> <a href= "https://theobjectivestandard.com/2016/08/the-cave-and-the-light-plato-versus-aristotle-and-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-western-civilization-arthur-herman/"> <span style= "font