Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
nytimes.com
Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
1–10 of 100 posts
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#2Someone whose philosophy can be summed up in a Depeche Mode song is probably not the brightest light in the history of western civilization.
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#3Someone whose philosophy can be summed up in a Depeche Mode song is probably not the brightest light in the history of western civilization.
Or could it be, in being able to essentialize a message in elevator-pitch fashion, that a person actually really knows what they're talking about?
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#4Someone whose philosophy can be summed up in a Depeche Mode song is probably not the brightest light in the history of western civilization.
but it can't be, that's why she wrote a number of lengthy books instead of just one song.
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#5Someone whose philosophy can be summed up in a Depeche Mode song is probably not the brightest light in the history of western civilization.
Or could it be, in being able to essentialize a message in elevator-pitch fashion, that a person actually really knows what they're talking about?
Would that John Galt had been able to deliver an elevator pitch, rather than a 90 page rant:-)
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#6All the Ayn Rand you'll ever need is in Anthem. Much shorter than Atlas Shrugged, and better literature to boot.
I'm a long-time fan, after finding one of her books at a flea market when I was a kid (bought it coincidentally at the same time as Walden Two, a socialist manifesto by B.F. Skinner...one was delightfully rational and rang true while the other's greatest feat of intellectual brilliance was the use of glass dinner plates so you don't have to flip them when washing them to know that both sides are clean), but I'll never re-read the John Galt speech. Atlas was just too long. Ayn clearly never heard of DRY (or assumed her readers were too stupid to understand it the first several times she said it).
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#7All the Ayn Rand you'll ever need is in Anthem. Much shorter than Atlas Shrugged, and better literature to boot. I'm a long-time fan, after finding one of her books at a flea market when I was a kid (bought it coincidentally at the same time as Walden Two, a socialist manifesto by B.F. Skinner...one was delightfully rational and rang true while the other's greatest feat of intellectual brilliance was the use of glass…
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged are magnificent. To suggest that anyone -not- read them (for the sake of brevity, no less) is to suggest a reader not experience great, life-changing literature. Her objectivist philosophy may be a bit overt in the latter, but never for a second could I sleep well knowing I'd proposed that others -skip- these books.
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#8Someone whose philosophy can be summed up in a Depeche Mode song is probably not the brightest light in the history of western civilization.
The Fountainhead was written in 1943. Depeche Mode saw it's first success in 1981. If even one of the best economic minds in 2045 cite Depeche Mode as their influence then you have a point.
2007 - 1943 = 64
1981 + 64 = 2045
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#9All the Ayn Rand you'll ever need is in Anthem. Much shorter than Atlas Shrugged, and better literature to boot. I'm a long-time fan, after finding one of her books at a flea market when I was a kid (bought it coincidentally at the same time as Walden Two, a socialist manifesto by B.F. Skinner...one was delightfully rational and rang true while the other's greatest feat of intellectual brilliance was the use of glass…
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged are magnificent. To suggest that anyone -not- read them (for the sake of brevity, no less) is to suggest a reader not experience great, life-changing literature. Her objectivist philosophy may be a bit overt in the latter, but never for a second could I sleep well knowing I'd proposed that others -skip- these books.
We should be explicitly working towards the advancement of human civilization instead of working for rational self-interest.
Re: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged are magnificent. To suggest that anyone -not- read them (for the sake of brevity, no less) is to suggest a reader not experience great, life-changing literature. Her objectivist philosophy may be a bit overt in the latter, but never for a second could I sleep well knowing I'd proposed that others -skip- these books.
We should be explicitly working towards the advancement of human civilization instead of working for rational self-interest.
The way you've phrased that makes it sound as if you're telling people to be irrational.