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.