Ayn Rand, Progress, and Silicon Valley with Jason Crawford and Yaron Brook

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience in January 2020 at Ayn Rand Con. Erik interviewed Jason Crawford and Yaron Brook. Jason (@jasoncrawford) writes about the history of technology and industry at Roots of Progress. Yaron (@yaronbrook) is host of The Yaron Brook Show. They discuss: - What can destroy — or save — Silicon Valley. - What Rand would say about Silicon Valley if she could see it today. - How to reconcile egalitarianism and meritocracy. - How to make her ideas more mainstream. - Objectivism, libertarianism, and individualism. - Progress as a human achievement and how to appreciate it. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.