26 February 2026, Livestream #84

3:50 Intro

My new, OBS streaming software; testing/troubleshooting it

38:01 YouTube Super Chat, Patreon, PayPal contributions/fees

50:23 "Do you think benevolence is a virtue or just a sub virtue of justice? if it is a virtue, would you consider it important?" (Steven)

1:17:50 Objectivism vs. utilitarianism and Kantianism

Testing stream delay; first TikTok chat; OBS question (Robert)

JFK assassination

1;34:02 "what are your thoughts on the ethics of downloading/torrenting movies? Is it theft or is there a case for it to be moral?" (AGOSTI)

Buffering; closing TikTok; calls to TikTokers

2:02:25 The Objectivist take on patents/IP, monopolies (Jereeeeeeee, AGOSTI)

United States Postal Service (USPS) vs. Konan (Steven)

Thoughts on pricing questions

Super Chat goal considered reached!

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Live replies on X

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21 February 2026, Livestream #83

0:00 Intro

5:19 My recent debate with "imreallyimportant"

Super Chat/Super Sticker revenue

How are people harmed by being religious as opposed to being Objectivist

"Dan You have the ability to become a pastor and make alot more money too"

Misc.

33:31 "What do you think of the Preserving a Sharia Free America law?" (Super Chat from Steven)

44:38 "What resources do you recommend for learning Objectivism? Did you study philosophy at university?" (Super Chat from Lyren)

55:25 "What's the difference between Epistemology and the philosophy of mind? is there another related branch of philosophy? Did you get past the OAC to the graduate level course by invitation?" (Steven)

ARI's Intellectual Incubator

[The description is more sketchy, and maybe a bit out of order, past this point because I have only had time to re-listen to the livestream up to here.]

Reduction & definition

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Reacting to video by @ObjectiveEthics

Sanctioning irrationality

Call with @ObjectiveEthics

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Luddism

Romantic relationships

Negotiating with evil

Israel and Netanyahu

Outro

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On 17 February 2026, I debated a "liberal," @imreallyimportant , on TikTok. Here are the topics we covered:

(0:00 A little context from before my call)

1:11 Intro: A voluntary society

1:53 What about funding the military/police?

3:38 What about firefighting?

5:06 What would happen if we got rid of Social Security?

7:56 "We as a society"

10:41 How many people need others to support them

13:25 Obligations to others

14:23 "Is there anything you care about?"

15:16 Peter Singer example

17:06 Were you ever on government assistance?

Supporting children

Medicaid

21:46 Corporations “succeeding off of our backs”

23:03 “I’m not a libertarian. Objectivist.”

Walmart

28:50 "Do you support monopolies?"

Pedro’s Burritos

United States Postal Service (USPS)

32:00 Cronyism, lobbying, and government licensing

33:26 Poisoning people, regulations, and the profit motive

34:32 Universal pre-K education vs. free market competition

37:57 Age of consent

Libertarians and foreign policy

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16 February 2026, Livestream #82

I haven't had time to create a description with a list of topics and timestamps, but I invite people to do that on their own if they'd like (see some descriptions for my past videos for examples); you can leave it in a comment under the video. But sometimes an AI-generated summary of the video with timestamps can be found using the "Ask" feature on YouTube.

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11 February 2026, Livestream #81

Here's the post I mentioned in the title (currently at 300.4k views): https://x.com/dannorton111/status/2020757977968648446

0:00 "Immigrants take our jobs!" (my viral post on X/Twitter)

Super Chat goal

14:45 Do you agree more with Peikoff or Yaron on immigration. Why? (Bobby's Super Chat)

37:14 The meaning of "objective" in @ObjectiveEthics 's name.

Ads on my channel, payment from YouTube

54:16 The meaning of "objective" for Ayn Rand

Cooperation; benefits of social existence: the division of labor and transmission of knowledge

Setting a new Super Chat goal

How am I able to stream so long?

Is the ultimate goal of ethics subjective?

The meaning of "subjective"

The meaning of "objective"

Review of show so far for Florida Nick

Super Chat amounts

2:13:04 "What did you do to become a better writer? explain the process a little. is it hard?" (Steven's Super Chat)

Leonard Peikoff's courses, book recommendations

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Call with Objective Ethics about free will, etc.

Outro

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6 February 2026, Livestream #80

0:00 Studying law in connection with a Super Chat from Steven

Engaging with chats

7:36 Closed or open immigration/borders?

17:33 Call with Zak ("canad" on Zoom)

Gold standard and fiat currency, war and pet projects

Debtors and creditors

Student loans and rising tuition

Public education, competition, and teacher's unions

45:50 Call with Gene while he's at an anti-ICE protest

Rodney King & O.J. Simpson

Public protests

Free markets and free speech in education vs. government control

No Kings protest

1:11:15 End of call

"La migra"

1:14:07 Call with Simon re: immigration

Harry Binswanger's view

Innocent until proven guilty, preventive law

Searches and seizures

Law breaking and evil laws

A group that Simon was ejected from

Harry's view, paired de-controls, concerns about crime

Background checks

Other arguments against immigration: welfare

Economic benefits of immigrants

"They take our jobs!"

2:04:55 Preliminary chat with Yernaz

2:11:07 Break until 2:23:02

2:24:44 Call with Yernaz (in The Netherlands) re: immigration in Europe

More welfare than in the U.S.

Policing in Europe, terrorism

Welfare, refugees, voting

2:37:50 Simon joins the call

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4:27:59 Call with Steven (an asylum/removal defense lawyer)

Immigration/asylum

Berk vs. Choy

Outro

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1 February 2026, Livestream #79

0:00 Happy birthday, Ayn Rand!

Is celebrating YOUR birthday selfish?

Reading update

Slavery in the Spanish Empire

Structure of the judicial system

Miscellaneous

Immigration

Harry Binswanger’s view

47:12 Call with Ben Thorp

Immigration

Religion and self-interest

What's new about Ayn Rand?

Ayn Rand vs. Christianity

Mother Teresa

Love

Christianity and violence in history

Engaging with chat

Mother Teresa (continued)

Faith

1:58:04 End of call

Back to engaging with chat

Ben Thorp

My YouTube revenue

2:11:51 When did you find Ayn Rand? Serenity prayer (Super Chat from Jeff)

Cudababa's movie review offer

YouTube previews when hovering over thumbnails

My reaction to Shostakovich

2:36:50 Did we make any progress in the science of music since Ayn Rand's day? (Steven)

David Berry, the "Rule of 2" (I mistakenly called him "Barry Wood" sometimes)

Music and bodily motion

Poll: In what order should I address chats?

Engaging with miscellaneous chats

3:28:37 New subscribers in real-time!!!

3:42:02 I sing "Happy birthday" to Ayn Rand

3:48:14 Bobby ("Robert W") and his grandmother call in to sing happy birthday to Ayn Rand

3:52:49 Explaining some of the basics of Objectivism

4:08:47 Break

4:21:01 Thoughts on David Harriman? (Super Chat from Bobby)

The Logical Leap and "Induction in Physics and Philosophy"

"Objectivism through Induction"

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Call with Jere

Outro

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22 January 2026, Livestream #78

0:00 1,000 subscribers!

"@DanNorton1" (don't forget the "1"!)

Looking for Cudababa

Editing videos during livestreams (vs. alternatives)

"​​Objectivism is an inhuman philosophy!"

Objectivism as a philosophy of love/hate

Show format ideas

Slavery in the Spanish Empire

My discussion with @ObjectiveEthics on Sunday, Jan. 25

42:03 Super Chats (and Super Chat goal)

Hombre movie review proposal

Yaron Brook’s early shows

Music recommendations: Berlioz, Gershwin, Copeland, Orff

2:08:50 My YouTube trophy & fireworks for 1k subscribers; live subscriber counter; how YouTube displays subscriber numbers

After-the-fact movie review payment

Super Chat goal

YouTube analytics

Taxes: voluntary or involuntary

2:50:32 Break until 3:03:00

3:03:29 I got mail from Google

Super Chat from Steve Henderson

New Super Chat goal

3:15:52 Call with Jason

Taxes

Czech healthcare

Jason's Tiki bar in Prague

My Facebook post which helped me get to 1,000 subscribers

4:10:04 Preparing to edit a video from a clip re: calling The Majority Report with Sam Seder

My 500-subscribers celebration video at the beach

Watch time on my channel

Motivations for listening to my stream: hanging out?

Looking for another clip related to calling The Majority Report

4:55:19 Will Durant's Story of Civilization

Philosophy, history, induction and Leonard Peikoff

Durant's philosophy of history

Looking for and watching another clip related to calling The Majority Report

5:29:37 Mike Mentzer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Pumping Iron

Impressions

Why don't I watch movies?

5:57:40 Am I into comedy?

My next show

Outro

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17 January 2026, Livestream #77

0:00 Intro, miscellaneous

@ObjectiveEthics 's channel and our forthcoming discussion

Alex Epstein interview of Ethan Thornton re: defense tech, China/Taiwan

23:42 Pride and egoism

37:01 “Dan Norton"

1:01:40 Pride (continued)

Christianity and Original Sin

Pride and arrogance

Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac

Biblical morality

Pride and being proud

"Dan Norton" (continued)

1:35:16 Why is Israel on my background?

Ayn Rand on Israel

1:43:46 Human Freedom Index and Israel, U.S.

Editing project

Break

3:25:15 Call w/ @ObjectiveEthics

Anti-natalism, egoism, free will, drugs, pollution, technology, etc!

Outro

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12 January 2026, Livestream #76

Was the killing of Renee Good murder? Self-defense? Justified? Not sure? (includes a call with Agosti)

#ice #immigration #gestapo #secretpolice #trump

My Facebook post on the killing of Renee Good: https://www.facebook.com/dan.norton.1428/posts/pfbid0sCoZSBsVNPoEkNBaNgx1a2mQ2gWU1SCw8tHKGk28kkYVqeQ6PdQ9sANUJ83UX62El

Look for the comment thread started by Joseph Bednarz to find my comments.

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