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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Jordan Peterson vs Ayn Rand on Finding Purpose in Life
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In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss how to make one’s life purposeful, without falling for the sacrificial tropes popular in our culture.
Among the topics covered:
Why aiming at a challenging, effortful life should not be equated with suffering;
How to evaluate Jordan Peterson’s notion that meaning is found outside of one’s life;
What is wrong with pursuing purpose by bearing others' burdens;
Why achievement, not suffering, is the essence of human life and morality.
Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s novels...