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| Posted: 09 Dec 2010 01:00 PM PST |
| NoodleCast #46: Live Rationally Selfish Webcast Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:00 AM PST On Sunday, Greg Perkins and I hosted another live Rationally Selfish Webcast where I answered people's questions on practical philosophy and the principles of living well. The live webcast consists of me broadcasting on video, Greg on audio, and the audience in a text chat. An audio recording of that webcast is now available as a podcast. Since I was in Breckenridge on a short ski vacation, and hence working from my laptop, I'm pretty darn amazed by the relative lack of technical problems. These webcasts are held at 9 am MT (8 am PT, 10 am CT, 11 am ET). You can submit and vote on questions for upcoming weeks using the "Idea Informer" widget on the page for Rationally Selfish. (If you enjoy these podcasts, please do that!) That's where you can join Sunday's live webcast too. Webcast Segments These segments are marked as chapters in the M4A version of this podcast. Any included links are those referenced in the podcast. (Many thanks to Tammy Perkins for helping me compile these notes!) Introduction (0:00) Diana Hsieh: DianaHsieh.com: diana@dianahsieh.com Greg Perkins: Objectivist Answers: greg@eCosmos.com Don't forget to submit questions for upcoming webcasts at Rationally Selfish! Question 1: Polyamory Versus Monogamy (3:26) What's wrong with multiple sexual partners at a time? Why do you think that multiple romantic partners are psychologically destructive for everyone involved? What is it about romantic love that you think demands attention on one and only one other person? Money Point: Sex is an inherently intimate act, and it's not possible to be in meaningful sexual relationship with two people without doing harm to oneself in some way or other. Question 2: Values After Death (13:52) Should I care what happens to the world after I die? Should I care about my friends and projects after I die? What about caring about humanity long after my death? Should that affect my actions today? Money Point: Values must be experienced as thoroughly long-range, even extending beyond one's life, but they are for the living! Question 3: On Procrastination (25:37) How can I procrastinate less? Often, I avoid doing unpleasant tasks for days or weeks, and I feel terrible about those delays. How can I motivate myself to just get those dreaded chores out of the way? Money Point: Procrastination is often due to subconscious conflict. Introspect to unearth and resolve that conflict, so that you can get the dreaded task done. Question 4: In-Laws As "Mom" and "Dad" (34:48) Should people call their parents-in-law "Mom" and "Dad"? My brother in law started calling my parents "mom" and "dad" -- and in turn my sister now calls his parents "mom" and "dad". This seriously offends me. My parents earned the title of mom and dad. They RAISED us -- they cared for us, educated us, taught us values, loved us, and corrected us when we were wrong. My relationship with my parents is one of the most important relationships of my life and one I don't take lightly. I would never think to call anyone else "mom" and "dad" because no one else has even remotely earned it. It would only cheapen the relationship for me. I think my brother in law is being too familiar with my parents, and disrespectful to his own (and vice versa for my sister). Are my feelings valid? And what can I do about them if they are not? Money Point: What other people call each other is not your concern. Focus on what matters to you: your relationship with these people. Question 5: Objectivism Versus Theism (42:48) Can an Objectivist believe in God? Can a person be a theist and an Objectivist? Or is that too fundamental a conflict? If so, why? Money Point: Philosophies must be judged by essentials, and on that basis, Christianity nothing less than wholly opposed to Objectivism. Question 6: OA: Sanctioning the TSA (57:01) From Objectivist Answers: Given the TSA's policies, is choosing to fly giving the sanction of the victim? Money Point: To sanction something is to endorse it, and to unwillingly comply with force is not to sanction it. Conclusion (59:21) Diana Hsieh: DianaHsieh.com: diana@dianahsieh.com Greg Perkins: Objectivist Answers: greg@eCosmos.com The video for the webcast is only available for those attending live. After the webcast is completed, you can listen, download, or subscribe to the audio podcast. Podcast: Listen Now 60:04 minutes
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