26 September 2025, Livestream #54 0:00 Intro Record number of views & watchtime on my last livestream Egoism/altruism & religion, Mother Teresa Does everyone always aim at their own interest? Ayn Rand and Social Security Suicide The spiritual source of material values vs. Marxism What is happiness? 1:02:53 Call w/ Cass from the UK Brief summary of Objectivism Cass' religious upbringing Trans issues The most important value Engaging with chat Asking questions to identify one's values 2:06:58 Are people inherently rational or irrational? (Cleric) 2:25:39 Introverts (Robert) 2:40:04 I take a break for about 14 minutes while the chat continues on screen Checking the leader board ("Top Fans") Miscellaneous 3:12:16 Displaying comments on stream Comment from marketgobrrr on last livestream 3:30:03 Thoughts on the Bible: Egoistic motivation 3:39:14 Reading update: Edward III, The Hundred Years' War Another streamer gets demonetized Miscellaneous, searching for a topic to discuss 3:58:44 Conspiracy theories/fantasies; religion as a scam Moon landing Jews Tylenol and autism We need better education; VanDamme Academy I turn off my camera and have a snack while still engaging with chat 4:26:32 Deviant sexual practices: necrophilia and incest Michael Liebowitz debate with Andrew Wilson "Intuition" 5:07:16 Polling chat on whether they prefer my being on video Intuitions: Objectivist vs. Christian; underlying ideas Latent Prion pushing the envelope of what I permit; civil discussion 5:42:23 Audio books, Will Durant books on audio 5:50:22 How I got into Objectivism Setting aside more fundamental issues (free will vs. determinism) 6:01:17 "General evolution" / "Universal Darwinism" (Evolutionary) 6:25:21 What do you say to people who say altruism doesn't exist? (Simon) Broke my stream length record Descriptions for my videos (by AI) 6:59:44 Outro _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate