Hedonism, Objectivism, and robots: Exploring Ayn Rand’s metaethics w/ Liam - The Dan Norton Show #18

Liam's TikTok: ProphetDivinityy
Liam's YouTube: ‪@ProphetDivinityy‬

0:00 Intro to Liam
1:36 Topics to cover
3:21 Hedonism and Objectivism
9:41 Ayn Rand passage on life, happiness, and hedonism
12:52 Plants and values
19:29 The fundamental choice, pleasure, and reasons to live
28:26 The Experience Machine
36:08 The immortal robot
37:18 Happiness and other types of pleasure
43:12 The immortal robot (Peikoff passage)
52:17 Happiness and its content (intentionality)
55:42 Consciousness, robots, and life
1:04:37 Life as self-sustaining, self-generated action
1:06:03 Is a Roomba vacuum alive?
1:08:46 Life, motion, and robots
1:18:43 Life as a cycle and set of self-sustaining processes
1:26:47 Inanimate motion, objects/entities, plenum
1:31:32 Action/reaction and internal sources of energy
1:34:44 Artificial vs. natural life
1:36:30 Closing thoughts

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