Your mind is your fundamental tool for survival as a human. Your individual right to life includes the right to use your mind for productive work and enjoy its results. That is the foundation of your #PropertyRights and of #capitalism.
In a world of cynicism and endless calls for self-sacrifice, #AynRand’s #TheFountainhead is a profound source of inspiration. Young people in particular need a “confirmation of the spirit of youth, proclaiming man’s glory, showing how much is possible,” as Rand observed.
“There are very few guideposts to find. The Fountainhead is one of them.”
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The list from that editorial (https://sites.prh.com/modern-library-top-100) had a solicited correspondence from what’s now the Columbia Publishing Course. The latter’s director said at the time, “Our list reflects a young, more #feminist crowd. [It] shows a difference of age and taste.”
@dominic The central theme is that the world depends on people who productively use their minds, whatever their job title. Hell, the primary hero John Galt (as in “Who is…?”) was an engineer at a car company before leading the strike.
A billionaire with fraudulent wealth who doesn’t see themselves as an #AtlasShruggedvillian should also re-read it.
It’s generally a bad idea to dismiss a work based on the odiousness of its misinterpreting advocates.
I have just finishef #AtlasShrugged : #AynRand's business thriller, romance, philisophical diatribe, call it what you like, it is a gigantic read. Here is a recent article by #AlexanderHoward
These in-depth historical, literary, and philosophical essays were originally included in a series of expensive #academic market #books edited by Robert Mayhew. They’re a tremendous educational resource that can greatly add to the public understanding of Rand as a #novelist and seminal #philosopher.
"But social media also exposes movements to many vulnerabilities. The solidiarities it generates are often superficial: movement use of social media can easily devolve into repetitive messaging in echo chambers without collective gains in narrative power—a change in the stories and values that hold sway in society—or a translation to real-world militancy."
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. It will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires.”