5170 THE PHILOSOPHY OF STAR WARS and LORD OF THE RINGS!
Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
You said that discarding a perfectly viable embryo is not equivalent to abortion. I'm not saying I disagree with you, but I have a hard time understanding the difference, from a moral standponit, between an implanted embryo and a frozen one. Can you please help me?
Hi Stef, how did you raise Izzie so that she could understand how society works without becoming disillusioned or alienated?
It's May the 4th here in Europe, which means Star Wars day! What are your thoughts on the philosophical themes in Star Wars? I always thought the relationship between Luke and Vader is very interesting and would be worth examining.
Half way through the future at the moment - Stef would you take the opportunity to freeze/ suspend yourself like president Staten at the end of your life for a shot at experiencing the Civ?
But its the classic Joseph campbell hero journey!
Frodo and luke could have both denied the call to be a hero!
Stef you’re tapping into the greatest knowledge we can use in life. You’ve saved me from the clutch’s of manipulation from past acquaintances for the last 8 years. Everyday I work to push myself to be virtuous and my life is fulfilling and rewarding.
When I talk to my friends, who have children, about peaceful parenting, they say "Oh yeah that sounds good on paper but you will see once you have your own kids..."
Stef that last podcast about the guy struggling with his gym/training business was great. Very good business tips you gave that guy
I'll soon become a father, but I feel depressed. My life's never been this good compared to where I come from. I know I'll be a great father - I'm committed to peaceful parenting and being better than my FOO ever was. Could this depression be triggered by malicious alter egos? You often say "Who wants you to X?" Sometimes I think I want to make changes in one generation that usually takes three.
Follow up on the Tolkien comment. Couldn't you argue that Ayn Rand was extremely popular for stories that argue against the virtues of gov?
Stefan, any advice for what to look for in a place for homeschooling? Is it better to hunt for lax homeschool lows and higher family percentages and crime rates, or crime rate and seclusion? When I do research usually the secluded areas have more reported drug overdoses. My other concern is I'm making the decision without the partner.
Not taking replicated trauma, abuse personally really seems to make the case for free will, self-ownership, the opportunity for every soul to be better and do Good. Damn this goes deep. Need to internalize this better.
It's interesting how of the ten commandments, only the 'honor thy father and thy mother' is written in a consequentialist way, followed up by saying 'so that you may live long.' Reminds me of the book Origins of War in Child Abuse and the widespread infanticide described there. Maybe it's a warning, not a moral law?
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, good evening. It is the third of May 2023 and I hope you're doing well. It's Wednesday |
| 0:07.0 | night life. I hope you're having a better day than I did. Not a great day. Can you rant |
| 0:13.5 | all this rain away? No, I wouldn't. I like having crops. What was that old peanuts cartoon |
| 0:21.6 | that the key to life is to have a convertible and a lake. So when it's raining, you can't |
| 0:27.4 | drive your convertible, but you can say, hey, my lake is filling up. And if it's raining, |
| 0:32.1 | I said, not raining. Your lake is drying out, but you can ride you in your convertible. |
| 0:35.3 | So that apparently is a secret to life. Who needs philosophy when you have child's |
| 0:39.1 | shorts? Thank you for the tip, my friend. The tough day. Well, I was born in Ireland. |
| 0:46.8 | And Ireland is fallen. Ireland is fallen. Yeah, Ireland is fallen. It's toast. It's done |
| 0:57.5 | for. And it's really quite sad. You know, they're all just that the country, the life of |
| 1:04.5 | your childhood is no longer exists. And because I sort of carry this rational, lovely, beautiful |
| 1:13.0 | love filled world with me wherever I go, every now and then these sort of spears from |
| 1:16.8 | the outside, pierce through the rainbow walls of my abode. And you're just reminded |
| 1:22.9 | that where you were born, I spent, I was born in Ireland. Of course, I spent many joyful |
| 1:28.2 | summers in Ireland with my relatives in Athlone enjoying the lakes and the fishing and the |
| 1:36.5 | boating and the swimming and the hiking and just wonderful, wonderful times. And Ireland |
| 1:42.3 | is gone. Yeah. Yeah, it's the end of free speech and the beginning of persecution for |
| 1:51.8 | anybody who speaks out against what's going on. And yeah, it's just as far as that. But |
| 1:56.8 | you know, people vote for it. They choose not to. They choose not to educate themselves |
| 2:05.1 | and can't can't. There's no point getting between people and their mistakes, I suppose. |
| 2:11.3 | All right. Let's see here. And we get to your questions. Good evening. Should I try |
| 2:21.8 | to negotiate a raise before the economy goes belly up? Well, if the economy goes belly |
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