Why I’m Still Optimistic in Spite of Everything by Yaron Brook

It’s difficult not to be discouraged at the state of today’s world: our dysfunctional politics, our battered economy, and a culture sinking deeper and deeper into irrationality and nihilism. In this talk, Yaron Brook explains why despite all of this, he is still optimistic. The signs of hope don’t make the headlines, but they’re all around us: from the continued innovation of the tech sector to the continued functioning of markets and businesses as engines of wealth- and job-creation, to the outraged backlash against the nuttiest ideas, to the persistent, gradual rise of Objectivism as it continues to reach more people and change more lives.

Recorded live on July 7, 2022 as part of the Objectivist Summer Conference.

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[casandragalt]

Brilliant reasons to remain optimistic! Thank you for sharing.

[CapitalistSpy]

WE deserve to have an optimistic view, even in this kind of society of today. Hard times always create stronger people, Todays future will soon be much easier!

[enigmanegus]

I'm a classical liberal.  I think that if classical liberals, Libertarians, objectivists, centrists, conservatives get together create your own platforms and think tanks. We also need to talk about ideas and issues and support platforms that value liberty. I've created a discord for us to do this. Let me know. YouTube deletes my discord links so someone tell me how to spread the link.

[bretnetherton]

Awareness is the ONLY constant of ALL experience what could be more fundamental to reality than that???

[rayBoogie]

It’s never good when one starts a speech by essentially saying “this ain’t the speech I was going to give so I was asked to change it…” Also, the comment about Jan 6 commission makes me wonder if he ever even read Atlas Shrugged.

[duanewirth]

Lost me at the Trump remark. Because January sixth was a complete failure and joke of an incident.

[jmac]

Glad to know you have hope. I have decided to leave the US as it is no longer an attractive option.

[michellekolb]

I am an objectivist and have read everything published and written by Mrs Rand. I don’t think she would agree with your current views Mr Brook. We are living a pivotal moment in American history-and a sad one . The decline, first socially, then politically began a few decades ago, and just as Mrs Rand predicted by the use of her philosophical reasoning, financial decline has started to follow the above. We are de facto living the ‘plot ‘ of Atlas Shrugged …. By the way, your comments on the Jan 6th investigation are disheartening.

[Radeo]

Yaron started this video by displaying his TDS.
I ended this video shortly thereafter via this comment and closing the page.

[DR---]

Well it's good that Crypto aka ponzi coin is down 60%

[rogerwelsh]

He is a good spokesman for Rand, but after a decade of listening to every video of him on YouTube, I still struggle with the Elmer Fudd accent. It continues to distract me