9 Life Lessons From Ayn Rand (Philosophy Of Objectivism)

In this video we will be talking about 9 Life Lessons From Ayn Rand. Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher who lived in the twentieth century and is credited as a founder of philosophy of Objectivism.
So with that in mind, here are 9 important lessons that we can learn from Ayn Rand -
01. Use reason in everything
02. Be selfish
03. Follow your own values
04. Don’t play the victim
05. Develop your self-esteem
06. Be honest
07. Earn your money honourably
08. Never give up
09. Always Keep growing
I hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope these 9 Life Lessons From Ayn Rand will add value to your life.
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American writer and philosopher who lived in the twentieth century. Born in Russia, she moved to America when she was in her 20’s; there she wrote several novels, some of the most famous being: The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Towards the end of her life, she focused more on philosophy, founding the philosophy of Objectivism, the four main principles of which are: Objective reality, which is the reality that exists independently of consciousness, Absolute reason, which means that the guidance of facts far outweighs the guidance of faith or emotion, Individualism, which means the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness, and Laissez-faire capitalism, which is a system based on protecting human rights and property rights. Her main philosophical view is that knowledge can be acquired only through the process of reasoning and she rejected religion and faith. She attacked many past philosophers, with the exception of a few, like Aristotle and Thomas Acquinas. She was inspired by Nietzsche and John Locke and she was against Immanuel Kant, whom she named “the most evil man in mankind's history” because she thought his ethics opposed the self-interests of human beings. During her life, she was involved in many political movements and made connections with journalists, economists, including the economist Ludwig von Mises, who referred to her as "the most courageous man in America", a compliment that pleased her because he said "man" instead of "woman", implying that she was more courageous, had more guts than any man. Through the Objectivism movement, her work became known more and more to the public.
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[@PhilosophiesforLife]

Ayn Rand says “Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.” We hope that you enjoyed this video and for more videos to help you find success and happiness using ancient philosophical wisdom, don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks so much for watching.

[@killgriffinnow]

“The struggle is worth it”. Easy for her to say, when her “struggle” involved her getting huge amounts of money from the government, then crapping all over poor people who needed a fraction of that to survive. It’s such a hollow, vacuous thing to say. Worse, it has been used as cover by the billionaires who are siphoning away all the wealth and power, leading to record income inequality, then blaming it on the “common people” not “pulling themselves up by their bootstraps”. Social Darwinism is not a philosophy that should be endorsed by anyone.

[@cynthiarowley719]

Philosophy and communication skills, preschool and kindergarten. 😋

[@michaelmckinney7240]

@@killgriffinnow Well stated,

[@clifton1943]

@@killgriffinnow The word MAGIC in your title tells a great deal about how you function. Clearly, you have not read anything by Ayn Rand. Selecting a few words or statements from a video presentation that offended your magic sensibilities does not make an argument ! First, read ! Second, prepare a thesis of your own that challenges any basic principle of "Ojectivism" using a foundation of REASON !

[@DylanNavarr0]

@@killgriffinnow funny you say that because all she recieved was social security which she paid into and recieved her own money

[@grasscutter1919]

At 52 I am realizing that the ideas I’ve been developing over my life could have been discovered much sooner had I been introduced to the writing of Ayn Rand. I will share this video with all the young people in my life.

[@jamwest3146]

You had a large hill to climb. And you did it! Good on you.

[@matthewdecordova]

I was incredibly lucky to have AP English teachers in high school who assigned both ‘Anthem’ and ‘The Fountainhead’, thus introducing me to Rand.

[@A_A_12_]

👏

[@babakkhan9554]

Sometimes wisdom comes with age and experiences.

[@innagotavita6117]

I doubt it.

[@user-sk9sp7pe4y]

The virtue of selfishness book by Ayn Rand changed my life for the better.

[@tracymckenzie5099]

I have never seen nor heard a more simple and clear explanation of Ayn’s philosophy. Thank you!!

[@judithgugudan9998]

I have read over 4300 books during my life. I read "Atlas Shrugged" every 3 years.

[@thechancellor-]

To the *incredible person* seeing this, I wish you all the best in life❤ don't over blame yourself, accept things and go forward. Don't let others define what “success” is for you. Get up, learn the skills needed and get after it, all the keys to a happy life is in your hands. Keep pushing.

[@savannahm.laurentian1286]

Hairball.

[@YuyiLeal]

Thank you!!!❤

[@EarthSurferUSA]

" accept things and go forward" communism says, "moving forward". Should we accept communism? Your vague statement has no premise and objectively has no meaning.

[@sophist7070]

Nobody needs your best wishes bro. But it seems you need some internet points for your satisfaction, how fragile

[@YuyiLeal]

@@sophist7070 I though they were great food for thought.🙏😊✨

[@Anne_Onymous]

While I might not agree with every single thing she said; she made a LOT of really great points and I find her philosophical works extremely thought provoking. Much respect.

[@annjuurinen6553]

She is not a philosopher she is a fiction writer. Essentially romance writing.

[@Anne_Onymous]

@@annjuurinen6553 Whatever you say hun

[@doronaznible7298]

I feel that way with her as well. I disagree with her staunch atheism, but find her views on individual self improvement to be absolutely powerful and moving. It’s especially well expressed in her writings

[@trpweb]

​@@annjuurinen6553That's all you got from her writing ? May be come back in a few years and read again, you might be able to understand better.

[@kylemenos]

@@doronaznible7298 She believed that religion was merely an excuse to not give all that you can to the one life that you have right now. The religion she saw was that of sacrificing yourself to give to others what they do not deserve and completely destroys progress. An example here is 'that we must not use fossil fuels to save the planet' This is one of the ways in which we sacrifice for the sake of others. By limiting our own progress we have put ourselves in a position where technology is set back or cannot continue altogether because we require total freedom to explore and find new technology as it is all connected as one mixed web. If everyone on the planet did what they wanted to do and it all ended we could be happy in going out with a bang.

[@clifton1943]

1962 was my introduction to Ayn Rand. Over the years her teachings have been proved profoundly correct !

[@EugeneVDebs-bt5pd]

Ayn Rand was an idiot and I hesitate to call her a philosopher.

[@kdemetter]

​@@EugeneVDebs-bt5pd You might want to actually read her works before making such a statement. Because if you did, you wouldn't call her an idiot. You can disagree with her, you could think her views evil, but there's no denying the intellectual capital in her books.

[@charandanta4573]

@@kdemetter I have read it, but it's boring. I know that she is a foll

[@kdemetter]

@@charandanta4573 Then I guess we disagree. Strongly. I find nothing boring about her works. More like shocking

[@denizard123]

@@EugeneVDebs-bt5pd To every view there is a point - to an ignorant comment there is no answer...you are obviously not using REASON but a poor statement of how your mind in todays modern world. Ayn is AWESOME.

[@theleftwun]

Well done video and summary, bringing the beauty of her philosophy, I till advise everyone to read her books over and over again.

[@tomsuibney9093]

If only .if only .if only i was young again..i love her thinking ....

[@sudarshanbadoni6643]

Feeling relaxed after this video as keep growing, honesty, honest money were the tools me always had with me in proper shape without any blunting till now. Thanks a lot as being one of the relaxing one to my mind and APPEALING to HEART.

[@gurgurgur]

Our truth ,honest and praise of god is real money.

[@CecilsPlaylist]

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@utsavvyas6700]

Just what I needed to start my day over a cup of coffee ☕

[@carlorizzo827]

Fascinating. We read her in high school, i forgot how impressive she was. The discussion about the white lies hit me hard. Isn't there a saying attributed to Jesus, that "...he who lies about little things lies about big things..."

[@vixen1202]

The bigger the lie...the more will believe it...

[@gillsmoke]

Her thoughts became the guiding light of the GOP leading to the "starve the beast" strategy tax cuts for the super wealthy leading to cuts to SS and other social services. Except they can never do the cuts because how unpopular they are to their voters. The modern GOP is a by product of her madness.

[@Denny_7782]

Thank you. So much. For this video.

[@GabrielFreimann]

Beautiful!, i am young and thanks to the examples, i now understand this thing much more. Thanks!

[@claudiodambrosio9577]

Thanks for the video. As someone who has read Rand's works, I mostly agree with your description, although I thought some points contained some errors. Still, they are not major, and overall the video is clearly trying to present an honest picture of her philosophy (which is very rare). Here's the errors I have found. Point 1 is an understatement: by saying "facts outweigh faith or emotion", it seems like Rand thought reason was just better then those alternatives, whereas she rejected those as fundamentally invalid. Point 2 alleges that all help to others is compatible with self interest, which I don't think is true in general. Also, it makes "taking pleasure" and "wishes" the standard of morality, whereas Rand talked about your life as the standard (which is very different, as you can take pleasure in destructive actions, like sacrificing yourself, and you can wish the irrational). Also I think most self-destruction comes voluntarily from a morality that tells you to sacrifice, and not from others forcing you to go against your wishes. Point 3 talks about an "inherent morality" which I never found in Rand's works: she was opposed to the government imposing morality and values thru regulations. Her point on "not depending on other men" meant not taking your purpose from them, and not just "do not limit the freedom of others". This point is way too subjective, as it suggests that all that counts is your own moral code (and presumably that any such code is valid), whereas she talked about an objective and universal morality. Point 7 seems to take out of nowhere the lessons to "give moral respect to society", to "pay out taxes", and to "be good citizens" (which has very little meaning, and is usually interpreted as the opposite of Rand's individualism). Point 9 seems to make "avoid suffering" the purpose of life, whereas Rand stressed that the purpose of life is seeking joy and happiness, which are not just the absence of pain.

[@antonioworley70]

Pedantic and pedestrian "errors" lmao nice try though

[@jasminyulo4713]

Thank you so much for sharing this great video🙏🙏🙏🤗🌻

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

Don't listen to Chumnley snoop. You're praying can add a lot to your life and others, as long as you act on those prayers and take responsibility for your choices. She's misunderstood I believe.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@Chumnley snoop If you choose church as a 'moral club', then her thoughts will take you out of the clique that looks down on everyone else and points out their sins. However, if you're not a church morality club Christian, but an actual follower of Jesus, you can simply feel sad that she didn't understand true Christianity, therefore some of her beliefs are misguided. Jesus acted in much of the ways she says we should act. He stood his ground against most of the religious leaders, and encouraged people to be honest and take individual responsibility in all they do, especially in regard to what we believe and how we should communicate directly with God, not through a religious leader. He wanted us to be in tune to our conscience so deeply (with the power of the Holy Spirit) that we stay true to who we really are, rather than blaming others for our life choices. Not so different.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@Chumnley snoop I agree.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@Chumnley snoop I assumed that's what you meant. The difference in our positions (it seems) is I see people's glaring errors in belief not as a point of separation, but usually as a sad misunderstanding of who Jesus really is. I don't believe we can or should be separated from other's sin, misguided principles, etc; primarily because we are sinners and misguided ourselves. Only Jesus sacrifice can make us deserving of God's love and acceptance. The whole Old Testament proved we can't even follow 10 commandments without utterly failing. We need Jesus. He's the only reason I deserve anything, or you, or Ayn Rand, or some misguided BLM person. Where I draw the line personally is when someone is openly willing to hurt another person for their own benefit or amusement. I can't simply feel sorry they don't know Jesus. That's when a level of protection needs to be in place. Therefore to some degree or other, we're all lost - except for Jesus love and sacrifice.

[@DemetriPanici]

*"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can." - Nikos Kazantzakis*

[@TArber-zs2dp]

0o

[@JaysonT1]

Sounds like a load of shit

[@gabrielnadar5985]

Very generic statement

[@sherececocco]

"Can't is a scarecrow " Nietzsche 🙈🙉🙊 🙃

[@nerchist]

What a mind-numbingly dull thing to say

[@2Oldcoots]

Extremely compelling and the very best explanation of Objectivism!!!

[@alexlight4178]

Rand saved my life.

[@matthewstroud4294]

Me too.

[@proudindian9140]

how?

[@matthewstroud4294]

@@proudindian9140 I had been seeking a reason to live since I was about 18 or 19. I became seriously depressed during my 20's and came very close to suicide at 30. I had never heard of Rand, but I had looked at philosophy as a root out of my problems. I watched a documentary by Adam Curtis called All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, that took quite a bad view of Rand, and I basically dismissed her as a crackpot. I then saw Yaron Brook with Dave Rubin, right near the beginning of his youtube show. Rand's ideas have straightened out my flawed view of myself and how I should live: by my own mind and for my own sake. Her only real commandment is to think, because it your basic means of survival and flourishing as a human. I think she was a wonderful human being, and it makes me sad that she is no longer with us, and that i cannot express to her what a profound positive effect she has had upon me. Now, at the age of 47, I have a life's work ahead of me to understand what "living" means, and to slowly undo the bad ideas that framed my psychology before.

[@alexlight4178]

@@proudindian9140 I've only ever been able to live on very certain terms: my own. Rand explained in what way this is the only moral and honest way to live with other free people. Quite in contrast to alienating my community, following Rand's (and my spirit's) advice to put my own fulfillment above all other things has made me more valuable to the people around me (by first being more valuable than ever to myself) than I've ever been.

[@brainworthy]

Ayn Rand was a very smart lady and a very good writer. For example, Atlas Shrugged is one of the best books ever written according to many intelligent people. To be objective, to think, to be rational and to use reason goes against all religions and mythologies and superstitions. Ayn Rand was an atheist because she used logic and reason to come to conclusions. Religions are based on faith, superstition, and suspension of reason. For example, an invisible man like being can grant wishes and answer prayers and is omnipresent and omnipotent is so far fetched that Ayn Rand would say you cannot be objective and have reason and be religious. You can be honest, moral, intelligent and worthy without being religious. Ayn Rand is a perfect example of a wonderful human who not religious.

[@sgsupreme17]

Excellent content . Lost for words

[@sanjaygautam7572]

we listen , we had learn and just put this into practice ... You life will be just great ... worth listening ...

[@pedrozaragoza2253]

Ayn Rand was brilliant, profound and pragmatic. Thank you.

[@TeaParty-qh1py]

She was practical. Pragmatism is a short-range philosophy that advises isolating the parts of reality, your ideas and the parts of your life from each other, ie, intellectual, psychological and moral disintegration. See the Ayn Rand Institute for more.

[@hennsy9546]

Thank you I learn a lot

[@paulborst4724]

*Nothing but love for Ayn.* She is a true hero who stood up against countless monsters that perpetually attacked her, yet she skewered each and every one of them on their own flawed logic. Fantastic, resilient woman.

[@paulborst4724]

@Icarus Loved I am a physicist and computer programmer and I can assure you "emotion" is level one thinking. I strongly recommend you study the layers of the brain BEFORE you make such obviously wrong statements.

[@paulborst4724]

@Icarus Loved 1 + 1 = 2. I didn't "feel" that, I reasoned it.

[@paulborst4724]

@Icarus Loved Capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any other economic/governing system. Socialism/communism has destroyed more people than any other economic/governing system. Look at the score board, read the history books. We won, you lost, get over it, move on. In order for socialism/communism to even survive you have to parasitically attach yourself to capitalist. That's how strong capitalism is, even in a weakened state where socialist/communist try to suck it dry, it perseveres, while any people dumb enough to go full socialist/communist fails resulting in millions dead. Socialism/communism is a death cult. ANYONE who has had direct experience with it has condemned it. Do not invite evil into your home. If you don't get the logic of the last 100 - 200 years of history, them maybe you need to consider the fact that maybe you're mentally incapable of understanding. Socialism is already a dumbed down version of communism. That is obvious to anyone with logic.

[@kahlesjf]

@@paulborst4724 You cannot make the claim: capitalism good, not capitalism bad. You have not lived in a society where capitalism is the only ideology affecting peoples lives.

[@paulborst4724]

@@kahlesjf I've also never been shot or stabbed, but I'm certain it's not a pleasant experience.

[@BinanceUSD]

Very good assessment of Ayn Rand

[@johnkaufman9075]

Enjoyed audio about philosophy of Ayn Rand. Objectivism & 10 primciples.to bad high school kids are clueless along with most teachers the blind leads the younger blind.

[@emocuta]

Love this

[@kdemetter]

"sanction of the victim" is not "playing the victim" . With sanction of the victim, Rand means victims giving sanction to the perpetrators. It's the victims accepting the narrative the perpetrators use to put them down. Like an abused spouse that starts to believe she deserves the abuse. Or businessmen believing they are bad people for producing wealth

[@Mark70609]

What about a rape victim are they allowed to feel like a victim After being violated? Ayn Rand has too little sympathy for others.

[@fraidoonw]

thanks for this inspiring episode!

[@therapy2009]

It seems to me a mixture of stoicism and anarchy, justice is the key, in this way of living and the week ring of the chain. Thank you

[@hardzmckinney6279]

That's good stuff thanks

[@lorenzomizushal3980]

Knowledge can also be acquired through experience, not only reasoning.

[@cas343]

She would say that reasoning requires experience first.

[@AllanGildea]

Superb presentation, thank you.

[@yousufnairang2350]

Quite helpful.

[@deanrush516]

BRILLIANT

[@charlesbrown4311]

Rand sounds like a modern day Machiavelli

[@soundhealingbygene]

love this

[@IRELANDISFORTHEIRISH]

That was inspiring.

[@lakshmanvajjakeshavula5380]

Thanks dude

[@maryloustoddard3368]

Love the way Aynd Rand , explains how to be a happy successful human being in our ever changing world and learn to adopt with the right and best practices. Thank you for this awesome video

[@anthonydecarvalho652]

Excellent.

[@abcde_fz]

Perceive. Analyze. Differentiate. Integrate. Extrapolate/Abstract (verb). Conceptualize. Compare/Contrast. Decide. Act. Objectivism in 11 words. PS "Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there." Sometimes my comments are actually reminders to myself to keep certain ideas fresh, lest I forget the good ones through disuse. I'm not writing anything but my opinions. Not trying to convince anyone to take any of it to heart. Waxing Philosophical Down The Rabbit Hole

[@anthonydecarvalho652]

Excellent

[@madarauchiha8459]

Sir, also please after philosophical idea of a philosophy, also give info on how to study it in depth, like its main books and all.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

A quick Google search will lead the motivated seeker to those answers.

[@jonathanbauer2988]

in this case Atlas Shrugged, its massive & a project to read, but it will change your life

[@adalidlucas8850]

I have never heard of her before, neither of her work, but l have been living my life for the last couple years following some of her life lessons, l can tell you that l have been a happier human being, l never give up even when l feel like the world is against me, if you use your common Sense more often through reasoning, try to void religión in your life, religion blinds people and stops you from growing into a better human being.

[@salvador0919]

I just read Atlas Shrugged. It's a thick book, but it's a good story that she wrote.

[@johnrevolinski7695]

I strongly urge you to start reading her fiction in this order: Anthem, The Fountainhead, We the Living, Atlas Shrugged.

[@ericamelo86]

Exactly

[@christineamodeo920]

We are now living in the Atlas Shrugged world. The elitist is above all of us and that is exactly what title states. The separation of people through “another dimension “ This is the perfect example of selfishness.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

I see that as well. He book actually is coming true! It's really difficult to separate what Rand's values are without blending in some of our own beliefs, so she's slightly misquoted often. If one recognized for example, John Gault's relationship with Dagny, they aren't just two selfish people interacting for self-interest; they have deep respect for each other's autonomy and abilities, enough that they give eachother space to explore their desires and indidual choices. In fact, they even kept away from eachother agonizingly over nights they were in the same house, because of a morality they both had - their concern for the outcome of the decisions they make. The selfish people Rand portrayed as the ones who ruined society were the sleazy politicians and week entrepreneurs who stood to gain off the achievements of others. I think the use of the term selfishness is perceived nowadays as a respect only for oneself. She used the word differently, where it is more about respecting the autonomy, ability, and choices of each individual, and of course taking responsibility for the outcomes. That's oversimplified, but hopefully my point is made. I just don't feel like typing more about the unique intricacies contrasting modern uses of the term 'selfish' with her very specific use of the word.

[@fattanehmoghadami5649]

Fantastic

[@DemetriPanici]

*“He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.” - Seneca*

[@JaysonT1]

"Sell your bullshit channel somewhere else" - Diogenes

[@bretnetherton9273]

Awareness is known by awareness alone; is the sole irreducible axiom of reality. To put forth a syllable to the contrary is but to concede.

[@michaelwhisman]

I remember farmers losing their crop thus their livelihood because they refused to harvest on Sunday because it was going to rain.

[@madarauchiha8459]

Thanks for ur work sir.

[@ajithtelugupodcast598]

Aynrand 🔥 👍

[@bluessoul1286]

Shes has a profound influence on me.

[@michealcurrie8272]

This all good as long as you don't hurt others nor do things against anothers best wishes.

[@72dodge340]

What you just said is an integral and necessary part of Objectivism.

[@stefanburns3797]

Rand does not think we are “naturally selfish”. Selfishness is an achievement of philosophy which is not innate. There is nothing in you at birth that tells you how to survive- this is the role reason plays! You must figure out how to survive and what standards and principles to hold. There is nothing natural about that in her philosophy

[@AndrewMcLay274]

Yes. This video mistakes Rand for being a psychological egoist. There are multiple errors in this video, but it's good to see Rand getting a hearing at all.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

I agree. It's really difficult to separate what her values are without blending in some of our own beliefs, so she's slightly misquoted often. If one recognized for example, John Gault's relationship with Dagny, they aren't just two selfish people interacting for self-interest; they have deep respect for each other's autonomy and abilities, enough that they give eachother space to explore their desires and indidual choices. In fact, they even kept away from eachother agonizingly over nights they were in the same house, because of a morality they both had. The selfish people Rand portrayed as the ones who ruined society were the sleazy politicians and week entrepreneurs who stood to gain off the achievements of others. I think the use of the term selfishness is perceived nowadays as a respect only for oneself. She used the word differently, where it is more about respecting the autonomy, ability, and choices of each individual, and of course taking responsibility for the outcomes. That's oversimplified, but hopefully my point is made. I just don't feel like typing more about the unique intricacies contrasting modern uses of the term 'selfish' with her very specific use of the word.

[@VaughnMalecki]

How do you explain children never wanting to share?

[@jjrlia]

@@VaughnMalecki Genes, from parents.

[@VaughnMalecki]

@@jjrlia so there's a not wanting to share gene. What's that called?

[@patrickgrengs7594]

At 25:25 -- To Pay Our Taxes.... if you recall in Atlas Shrugged, Ragnar setup accounts for the Producers wherein the accounts contained the Taxes that had been confiscated from the Producers.

[@patrikmario1580]

Ayn Rand 👏👏👏

[@ccpiscancer]

Damn. I just realized my whole life was reinventing Any Rand's framework.

[@ScorpioEarl]

This is the best life advice I have had in a while. Philosophy of Objectivism resonates with me a lot, because I am always a fan of good rationality. Thanks to the book "Perks of being a wallflower" I was introduce to the "The Fountainhead" a magnificent book written by Ayn Rand and which also brought me here to this wonderful video.

[@midianpoet]

Thanks for sharing, veeeery interesting. HER lessons, ok. We have our own, similar :) Survival.

[@zacharytuttle5618]

Number 4 is partially correct although the quote you use is not describing that. The quote is saying that one should not allow others to condemn and guilt you from acting in your own self interest. Do not accept others claims to your life and effort.

[@tsmith9373]

A good way to judge the value of someone’s personal philosophy of life is how often that person smiles and laughs, genuinely and sincerely. Check out some of the many Rand interviews available online. Can you find even ONE genuine smile on her face? I’d like to ask people like that: What happens when you smile? Does your face crack apart and fall off your head?

[@michaelmayo]

Everything Rand warned against is coming true...

[@robb9267]

Here is what philosophers from Ayn Rand Institute have to say about this video: the things it gets right about Rand's philosophy, and things it misconceptualizes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJmudoeHqJx8bJI

[@fraidoonw]

Thanks! Rand had relatively many good ideas that we still can apply in our daily life, nevertheless her philosophy was also sometimes the reflection of her inferiority complex towards American Culture. She saw America as her dream country and started to worship Capitalism and its values. Today we believe that Capitalist System doesn't work as we are facing new difficulties, unsolvable by money.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

The biggest mistake Ayn Rand made was talking 100% credit for the philosophy of objectivism, when it was the founding of the USA that validated her thinking, (The founding of the USA and objectivism were very parallel, and both came from the philosophies of individualism with free enterprise). Because of that, her critics were able to isolate her and destroy her philosophy in all of academia.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

taking 100%

[@sacha6530]

The secret for me at least is not being hypocritical, something I struggle with most days.

[@johnburman966]

All acts are selfish arising from a belief that we need something more. Being is complete, needs nothing - all we do is for body and mind while living this particular life.

[@TeaParty-qh1py]

Life, not belief, is the base of selfishness.

[@paulheinz2145]

Imagine a world where victimhood is no longer the go to excuse for failure. As she has said when you have a government promoting victimhood there is not much time left.

[@pkaye5876]

Yes. Remember the Wall Street victims, many whom followed Rand, claimed they needed a bailout in 2008. I am not fooled. Both the left and the right need improvement. Greed on both sides. I don’t want to go the way of Oligarchs. Objective reasoning? What a joke. Who determines what is objective? Her?

[@gillsmoke]

She was a failure she had to live off of social security and saw no hypocrisy in that.

[@xiiir838]

​@@gillsmoke and leftists pretty much every time go on anti democratic protests when they lose an election. Life is complex and system of ideas do not live up to the complexity of life. Any leftists is a hypocrite, but hey, they defend themselves and ignore every single of their failures.

[@stuartnochance]

Imagine congress people who don’t look to the Bible to decide how to govern.

[@zedicus11]

​@gillsmoke well she was forced to pay into Social Security. It was her money. So in reality it kinda works in her philosophy. Not the victim, just getting what she was forced to contribute to.

[@uriahpeep9008]

Very interesting to say the least. This is my first encounter with this amazing woman and her philosophy which certainly gives all a wake-up call in this area. I found that my life pattern fits very closely to her major points (which indeed surprised me) with the one exception which she terms belief in subjectivity as a means of effecting change. Since my early years, I have been able to visualize and bring about literal changes in objective reality with my dogged focus. According to the laws of probability, the odds of my effecting these changes would be astronomically minute, but it did happen according to my mental planning. When Rand systematically dismisses this arena of potential human tools to affect change, I think she truncated her ideas to a great extent. Rand could not harmonize her tenets of personal effort and responsibility for the quality of one's life to include even the possibility that a greater reality does lie alongside our three-dimensional reality. That being said, I will accept her ideas with this exception because I think she was indeed a great thinker considering the era and society that she came from.

[@Nerfherder747]

“No Gods Or Kings Only Man”

[@gurgurgur]

What you believe you found in life your believe is no god how can you find God

@@gurgurgur Yes you can find only god if you believe in supernatural.

[@gurgurgur]

Lack of spiritual knowledge our mind stuck in nagtive energy then our body senses misguided us so god said keep faith in heart then souls connect with love and coprate in life.be kind be honest be truthful be grateful obey souls respect souls respect rules respect nature respect women except everything happened in life somereason then people and nature coprate with love.

[@SetTrippin82]

Camus is a counterweight to this hack. As humanity pulls itself from a pandemic, I find it appropriate that you posted an analysis on Ayn Rand. Considering how humanity showed it’s true colors over the course of 2020. Record breaking profits for the wealthiest amongst all this suffering.

[@MegaFount]

There is a lot of confluence of Rand and Camus so I don’t understand your point.

[@SetTrippin82]

Regardless of the commonalities between the two, the Absurd and Objectivism are counter philosophies. Read “the Myth of Sisyphus” and tell me there is a confluence with “the Virtue of Selfishness”. Or “the Plague” and or “the Stranger” and tell me there is a confluence with “the Fountain Head”. It’s in the literature. I don’t have to prove any point.

[@cynthiarowley719]

More Camus.

[@MegaFount]

@@SetTrippin82 The commonality is in the belief in the individual’s struggle. If you read, The Rebel, Camus lays out a lot of problems he has with Leftist ideology which bases its all injustices on achieving an utopian ideal. Like Rand, Camus believes in a logical, just achievement of individual goals. I could go into in depth but it is difficult in this format. As Camus matured he realized the inherent flaws in Leftist ideology and came to a belief in the individual. Sisyphus is about individual struggle and embracing that existential struggle.

[@freetrade8830]

"Profits" is the problem of 2020?

[@stevie68a]

When I was in my early twenties, I read Ayn's book "The Virtue of Selfishness". A strange title for a world that's overly selfish is what I now think.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

It's really difficult to separate what Rand's values are without blending in some of our own beliefs, so she's slightly misquoted often. If one recognized for example, John Gault's relationship with Dagny, they aren't just two selfish people interacting for self-interest; they have deep respect for each other's autonomy and abilities, enough that they give eachother space to explore their desires and indidual choices. In fact, they even kept away from eachother agonizingly over nights they were in the same house, because of a morality they both had - their concern for the outcome of the decisions they make. The selfish people Rand portrayed as the ones who ruined society were the sleazy politicians and week entrepreneurs who stood to gain off the achievements of others. I think the use of the term selfishness is perceived nowadays as a respect only for oneself. She used the word differently, where it is more about respecting the autonomy, ability, and choices of each individual, and of course taking responsibility for the outcomes. That's oversimplified, but hopefully my point is made. I just don't feel like typing more about the unique intricacies contrasting modern uses of the term 'selfish' with her very specific use of the word.

But according to Rands definition of selfishness world is not selfish at all.

[@rainphantom]

I would love proper citing quotations and sources.

[@vincentbuscarello1357]

Peter Thiel has the best diss on Ayn Rand "That we need individual founders in all their peculiarity does not mean that we are called to worship Randian "prime movers" who claim to be independent of everyone around them. In this respect, Ayn Rand was only a half-great writer: Her villains were real, but her heroes were fake. There is no Galt's Gulch. There is no secession from society. To believe yourself invested with divine self-sufficiency is not the mark of a strong individual, but of a person who has mistaken the crowd's worship--or jeering--for the truth. The single greatest danger for a founder is to become so certain of his own myth that he loses his mind."

That is a missunderstanding of Rand. Rand was never claimed these heroes were self sufficient. And it is a fiction book, not her philosophy. Fiction has perfect heroes, real world has not. And that is why stories are important.

[@matthewstroud4294]

That's more of a diss on Thiel's own misunderstanding of the material.

[@jonathanbauer2988]

I love how disses on her philosophy just usually end up being people not understanding it lol- I get it the philosophy is different than alot of others but really? Peter Thiel the "legendary investor" xD- like its not THAT hard to understand her philosophy, would have figured someone as smart as this guy wouldn't mis-diss her

[@CalebPendergast]

Great video

[@mileskeller5244]

Brave and beautiful

[@Em-mr6wu]

it really, really helps, if you've been raised confidently. To witness courage and bravery from your family, and for them to encourage their children, regardless of loss. edit: Ayn Rand may have endured loss and hardships, but if her role models were strong, and encouraged her (as I'm assuming her father did for her - I know nothing of Ayn Rand), then you can be strong and follow her philosophies as you've laid out. If you've been beaten down and discouraged like a mangy dog that doesn't deserve to even have a thought of your own, well then, life becomes a very different challenge. You might not come into your own until you are much much older. Still, you can do this : be honest. be kind. love your creator God. follow your own spirit.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@Chumnley snoop I disagree. If you choose church as a 'moral club', then her thoughts will take you out of the clique that looks down on everyone else and points out their sins. However, if you're not a church morality club Christian, but an actual follower of Jesus, you can simply feel sad that she didn't understand true Christianity. Jesus acted in much of the ways she says we should act. He stood his ground against most of the religious leaders, and encouraged people to be honest and take individual responsibility in all they do, especially in regard to what we believe and how we should communicate directly with God, not through a religious leader. He wanted us to be in tune to our conscience so deeply (with the power of the Holy Spirit) that we stay true to who we really are, rather than blaming others for our life choices. Not so different.

[@salvador0919]

@@blessedwithchallenges9917 I think Galt is definitely a Christ-like character in the book, but instead of being an avatar of God he is a man. The torture scene could probably be compared to the crucifixion. Instead of triumphing over Satan and death on the cross he defeats the looters will on a torture device.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@@salvador0919 that's an interesting idea. Never thought of it that way. Thanks for sharing that unique perspective...

[@salvador0919]

@@blessedwithchallenges9917 you bet! I just finished Atlas Shrugged on audible while listening at work. I work in a machine shop making frac plugs so the story really kinda hits close to home, got really immersed in the story. Our "Reardon Metal" is fiberglass composites.

[@salvador0919]

@@blessedwithchallenges9917 might be a stretch but Dagney and James are kinda like Caine and Abel.

[@picdubois4620]

Shakespeare has the definitive words again to sum up her philosophy - "To thy own self be true, and it will follow as night the day, that thou cannot then be false to any man." The advice of Polonius to his son in Hamlet has all of the elements for happiness, if "any man" includes yourself. For the New Intellectual has a more detailed analysis of her work

[@ricardomrg3867]

In this times of post-Covid darkness, her mind is pure light.

[@TommyGunzzz]

Post Covid darkness? Where do you live? Get out of California 😂

[@XOPOIIIO]

I love part of her ideology in respect to being individualistic and don't live by common standards, define your own standards etc. But I completely disagree with the notion that you should live only for your own sake.

[@XOPOIIIO]

@@Ast0rath I think you mean psychopath. Sociopath is just a person who don't like a company.

[@timjohnson1199]

You are looking at it wrong.

[@z0h33y]

You're mis-interpreting what it means to live for your own sake. The people whom you love, make your life better, and so it is in your best interest to keep those people around you in order to improve your life. Living for ones own sake, doesn't mean fucking over everyone else. It means caring about that which is important to your life - such as your spouse or your family. Fucking over other people doesn't benefit you in the slightest.

[@XOPOIIIO]

@@z0h33y I understand that, but I still disagree. I want the world to be the better place even for people who I don't personally know. It has nothing to do with my personal interests, I don't want to be satisfied or happy for example, because it will prevent me from doing more good things.

[@z0h33y]

@@XOPOIIIO When you become a doctor, your life improves in many ways. But so does the lives of complete strangers because now they have a doctor to go to. Its this same concept for everything that you do in self-interest. When you take Vitamins out of self-interest, you're not just improving your own life, you're improving the lives of the complete strangers who produce said Vitamins because that is how they earn a living. I don't understand your example of, "i dont want to be happy because being happy will stop me from doing more good things." Happiness isn't something that you just reach and then stay at, you have to constantly be doing more, building more, learning more, achieving more, to maintain and increase that happiness. There is no limit.

[@stellabella8224]

I liked most of the Ayn Rand principles except for the "faith" part as I feel the faith is important. Doing for others may be a goal to give chances to others they would not get in life without you, which I believe all of us should want to be aware of and help others. Ayn Rand was just a little to shellfish in my opinion. If you see a child ready to fall down a well you should help the helpless with no questions asked to yourself to do it or not to do it. Ayn Rand does give us something to think about as to who we are and what we would do for ourselves and others for survival. Good video.

Rand wouldn’t agree with the well example. It is obvious that Rand would value life and culture that values life as they are necessary for survival and happiness.

[@Jhghfgdcb.]

Rand was also saying that faith in Jesus Christ and God was also a deeply personal matter, as in nunya business.

[@larsio72]

The only objective thing about Rand’s “philosophy” is its faithful leap from her reductionist descriptions of “human nature” to normative conclusions which are not at all reasoned or related. While she rejects religion, her mantras are closer to unquestioned faith than even many religious thinkers.

[@stefanburns3797]

Rand thought Kant’s morality was evil, sure- but even more so than that, or fundamental was his attack on the senses and our ability to know reality. The reason she called him the most evil person in history is because the Enlightenment needed a genius to bring form to the sketches of freedom and individualism brought fourth by other enlightenment philosophers- but instead Kant, even though a contemporary of the enlightenment philosophers, destroys the whole movement and uses his genius to intentionally destroy reason and sense perception which led to the likes of Marx, Hitler and so on.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

Thank you.

[@arthas640]

I thought logic and reason were foundational to Kants philosophy?

[@ixymogun8052]

Marx and Hitler are not at all the same

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@@ixymogun8052 I didn't read that as though they were the same... just 'the likes of'; maybe 'depraved lunatics like Marx, Hitler, etc.'

[@JaysonT1]

I don't get how you come up with this at all.

[@jamestomkin8784]

Everyone for themselve!

[@oliverklozhoff]

I agree that just wishing for something is not enough; but i feel that a sort of "collective thought or desire" may be under represented here. Case in point, on sept11 one year after the towers fell; the pick 3 lotto was 911. I'd call that having something on the mind, and getting some kinda result from the thought alone. Just my 2 cents

[@Diana-gt1rv]

I really like this philosophy. Particularly one should always be honest, follow one’s own values and have self-esteem. I’m also a person who never gives up.

[@chrisgmurray3622]

A bit contradictory is the claim "never give up, TRUST yourself" etc "believe in yourself" and so on .What is trust but faith? What is belief but emotional rather than reasonable conclusions? All "total" sorts of philosophers are unreasonable and self contradictory as was Ayn .

[@CarlosRodriguez-cj8oo]

I Love Ayn Rand's thinking and writing but this video (and others like it) makes too many generalizations and get little things wrong. Fascinating, informative interviews are easily found on KZbin (Including one by Johnny Carson in 1967)! And the 35th anniversary edition of Atlas Shrugged has an eye-opening introduction which uses some of Rand's Journal notes during the books creation. It will give you a first hand view on her thinking process!

[@miladkhademinori2709]

💯

[@bobshuwab1988]

Objectively; humans are a species that have emotions (a fact), and it is those emotions that bound us together, so that we were able to become top of the food chain without being eaten. Emotions and our expression of them lead to many things that bring happiness, such as art (which exists in the real objective world). Using objective fact alone, we just survive (and then, only with cooperation - knowledge shared).A world of people emotionally vacant, serving themselves, using only science to fill the void, seems cold and pointless to me, not to mention sad and reductive.

[@srpulpo2722]

sí, un mundo de personas emocionalmente vacías es triste, lo que esta bueno es que eso que mencionas no es objetivismo, el papel de las emociones y lo que es la realidad como objetiva son conceptos que aquí no los respondieron, para una especificación de lo que es no hay mejor fuente para despejar las confusiones que la literatura objetivista

[@jwalkerandthe]

I've never run across any reference to saving a child, as illustrated in this video. And I do not think that it is an accurate portrayal of her philosophy. She said that you must not save someone else, if the odds were that you would thereby sacrifice yourself by doing so. Totally different !

[@tennoio1392]

Not everything is correct, but at least it is not a dishonest distortion of her views like almost everywhere else. Well done!

[@JaysonT1]

Care to elaborate?

[@tennoio1392]

Well, there is a lot of things opposite to objectivism presented when he talks about rational selfishness. Such as "duty", "inherent morality". Morality can't be derived from laws of country because politics can't come before ethics. Government regulations presented like they are well respected by Rand, which is funny - she was against any regulations of economy. Than there is no distinction between acting on a wish and acting reasonably. It's a big deal in objectivism. Sanction of the victim is something compleately different than what was explained in this video. And so on~ Can't go in every detail. There is an hour long video on Ayn Rand Institute's channel that goes into it. It's called "What “9 Life Lessons from Ayn Rand” Gets Right (and Wrong)"

[@lulubiku]

Best way is if we can incorporate spirituality with objectivism. We are selfish anyway, therefore be selfless. I have a very rational mind, but I am trying to develop spirituality by practicing. Otherwise human beings turns into a robot.

[@TommyGunzzz]

Objectivism is materialist, not possible

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

It's really difficult to separate what Rand's values are without blending in some of our own beliefs, so she's slightly misquoted often. If one recognized for example, John Gault's relationship with Dagny, they aren't just two selfish people interacting for self-interest; they have deep respect for each other's autonomy and abilities, enough that they give eachother space to explore their desires and individual choices. In fact, they even kept away from eachother, agonizingly, over nights they were in the same house, because of a morality they both had - their concern for the outcome of the decisions they make. The selfish people Rand portrayed as the ones who ruined society were the sleazy politicians and week entrepreneurs who stood to gain off the achievements of others. I think the use of the term selfishness is perceived nowadays as a respect only for oneself. She used the word differently, where it is more about respecting the autonomy, ability, and choices of each individual, and of course taking responsibility for the outcomes. That's oversimplified, but hopefully my point is made. I just don't feel like typing more about the unique intricacies contrasting modern uses of the term 'selfish' with her very specific use of the word.

[@francescaerreia8859]

She used it in the literal sense - what is in your self interest. What makes it seem different than what you’re used to is her different grasp of what really is in your self interest. The villains are acting self destructively even while they seem to be self serving so they are not self interested, and the heroes are acting with respect for each other BECAUSE they selfishly love each other. You mention that as a point for why they aren’t just being self interested, but Rand’s point is that that actually IS how you selfishly love someone. That you can’t love them or derive authentic value selfishly from them any other way. For a more thorough explanation of her ethics, check out The Virtue of Selfishness.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@@francescaerreia8859 interesting...

[@jonathanbauer2988]

@@blessedwithchallenges9917 Hey just commenting, Francesca's comment is correct from my understanding: That is what she meant by self interest. Selfishness has the same definition, its just that most people dont actually understand what is in their self interest. Its like as a kid how I would think its in my self interest to eat the whole birthday cake, but afterwards feel terribly sick- maybe it IS in my self interest then to have two pieces, afterall- its my birthday & its ok to splurge a little, but if I eat the whole cake what will my friends eat? and will I feel sick after? Wisdom is understanding what is actually in your self interest in the long term as well as short term, and Empathy is encompassed by it.

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

@@jonathanbauer2988 I'm concerned people have these interpretations based upon what they've been told by liberal professors. There is a difference between self-interest and selfishness. One takes care of one's self, the other focuses on one's self at the expense of others. Selfishness is mingled with the relationship destroying part of pride. That's not positive. Rand distinguished the two very clearly by those politicians who were so selfish who intentionally used the lie of 'the greater good' to ignorantly gain for themselves to the express detriment of others, and ignorantly eventually to their own detriment. The self-made people were not using their talents and efforts to take from others, quite the opposite - they were the ones who improved people's lives and made their fortunes congruent with each other.

[@Morninglux]

I don’t play like a victim, I play like a Leader.

[@JaysonT1]

Fuck being a leader and a follower.

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Thanks for sharing. Enlightened.

[@cristiancampos7807]

I thought that was Jeff Goldblum with longer hair on the thumbnail. Good vid, though

[@craigthompson3739]

Both reason and emotions can deceive you. There is no objective reality. We experience everything through the filter of our own minds. Our mind must always be factored in.

[@Ron_Robertson]

If there were no objective reality, then you would not be able to type those words on a computer. If there were no objective reality, how would it be possible to create a computer, or masses of them? Understanding reality is what's required to create. We train our minds to perceive reality. If you train it sloppily, then you're certainly not going to perceive reality accurately. But not everyone does that.

[@craigthompson3739]

This is a Buddhist idea. If you are completely enlightened, then you will see an objective reality. For everyone else, we are trapped in delusions. @@Ron_Robertson