Michael Knowles & 1220 Social Conservatism | Yaron Brook Show

00:00 Intro
01:20 Upcoming Shows Schedule
02:07 Motivation for the show
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07:57 what happened with the fox call
09:20 Video from Michael Knowles
15:35 Middle Ages
18:05 Book: A World Lit Only by Fire
23:40 Poverty
25:07 Art
28:27 Total Lack of Ego
32:37 Social Conservatism
34:50 Renaissance
39:48 Modern Ideas
43:20 What they want
45:14 Pride Flag Video
49:17 Cathedrals
54:29 Modernity

Live Questions:
57:56 We're not sliding into a christian authoritarian state. There's too much reason and science circulating. The likelihood is we hobble along in a secular leftist daze for a generation until libertarianism becomes mainstream, and after that, Objectivism becomes mainstream.
1:04:51 I tend to be more sympathetic to conserves then leftists, having grown up around a bunch of smug obnoxious leftists, I always regarded conservatives as slightly more serious and more reality oriented. But possibly more destructive?
1:08:52 I sent a PayPal payment for Texas. Did you see it?I am curious how you see something unfolding in USA. What happens when the Baby Boomers retire? How do you see small business evolving because of this situation? What are profitable industries where people are retiring?
1:19:03 I asked which industries are profitable from your view point because I work in M&A consulting. I'm curious how you objectively see different sectors.
1:19:08 The main reason we're not at 1970's levels of inflation and crime is because we have a tech sector that produces very high salary jobs, and also produces social media which shames criminals, making people afraid to go out there and commit crime?
1:22:26 In times of stress when there are many tasks hanging over one’s head, how does one not get overwhelmed and proceed rationally to productivity?
1:24:09 “To you, Baldrick, the Renaissance was just something to happened to other people.” —Blackadder II
1:24:52 Thank you for your show, but as a Conservative one goes back in time to undo the subjective "mechanisims-in-the-sky" put together by subjective Socialists..like Free medicine, free education etc..undo the subjective ideals
1:27:49 You should have a lot more subscribers given the amount of content you put out. This is obscene. Maybe do another Lex Fridman interview debating someone of prominence? I see ARI's channel has 3x as money subs as you.
1:29:13 Off-topic: do you think russian athletes should be completely bannes from sports even If opposing the government? They are still contributing to russia through taxes and income. Do they need to give up their citizenship?
1:30:38 What do you think of the attempt to reconcile Christianity with egoism by claiming that Jesus suffered and died for our sins so that we could enjoy life on earth?
1:31:33 Hasn't Knowles read Any Rand books? what does that say about him. Also I remember Klavan saying I don't want to go to the back to the Middle ages as I wouldn't be able to make it unless I was a monk and that would still suck.
1:32:24 Do you think that nowadays "content creators" have taken the place that artists used to occupy in the culture when it comes to young adults and adolescents? How did this happen and what are the consequences?
1:34:56 Why do people rebel against the need to abstract?
1:35:22 What's a good example of concrete bounded thinking people often engage in?
1:36:14 Does Marx have more of an influence today than enlightenment ideas? I don't think Christianity does.
1:38:48 Is a soul something we're all born with or something we need to cultivate? I see a lot of zombies out there who appear soulless. No substance, no depth to their minds or characters?
1:39:33 Would you drink half a bottle of soy sauce for $1,000,000?
1:39:52 I'm looking forward to big tech saving us valuable time on the phone (in our lifetime)!
1:40:01 Do statist intellectuals have more of a mafia mindset or a nihilist mindset? The mafia never wanted to destroy business, they want businesses to operate so they can be extorted.
1:40:56 See pinned comment for timestamps of additional questions

1:55:15 Outro

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