Objectivism Archive
Transcript of my Reason.tv interview about Ayn Rand’s legacy
My thanks to a user on braincrave.com for transcribing the parts of my August 2008 interview with Reason.tv that pertain to Ayn Rand's legacy. I'm pasting his transcription below (with a few light edits and ...
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“None of the cool kids like Ayn Rand anyway…” and other sneers
February 9, 2010 · Category: Intellectual, Objectivism
Jeff Perren sent me a link to two recent articles about Ayn Rand -- "Ayn Rand: engineer of souls" by Anthony Daniels and "One or two thoughts about Ayn Rand" by Roger Kimball -- and ...
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On the significance of suffering
Peter's reply to The Invitation reminded me of a conversation he and I had several years ago, which had prompted me to write my post on Buddhism and Suffering.
In that post, I concluded:
So to me, ...
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Reason TV interviews Atlasphere founder Joshua Zader
November 9, 2009 · Category: Atlasphere, Buddhism, Individualism, Intellectual, Objectivism, Personal
The interview, titled "Dating in the Atlasphere," was actually conducted in August 2008, but they've waited a while to publish it as part of a long series of interviews about Ayn Rand's legacy.
From Reason TV's ...
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Nathaniel Branden is highly recommending the Lifebook program by Jon Butcher
Nathaniel Branden sent the following message to members of his announcement list:
It is my great pleasure to introduce to you a man and a program of stunning originality and practical results. The man is Jon ...
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Reflections on the current state of Objectivism
October 13, 2009 · Category: Individualism, Objectivism
I wrote the following in response to a friends-only post on LiveJournal, in which a Rand-admiring friend in academia claims Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism offers no worldly advantage. For example, if you look at ...
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On having betrayed Ayn Rand 50 years ago
I received the following today from an Atlasphere member. Our form for removing yourself from the member database asks for a reason for the removal and, inside that form, he wrote:
You are associated with the ...
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John Galt is smiling
The allusions to Atlas Shrugged in the mainstream media are just getting better and better. From the new Bloomberg article "Obama Needs AIG’s Liddy, Not Other Way Around," by Caroline Baum:
The hero of Ayn ...
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Mudita Forum is now at Google Groups
March 18, 2009 · Category: Buddhism, Eckhart Tolle, FLOW, Individualism, Integral, Intellectual, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mudita Forum, Objectivism, Witness Consciousness
Check out the new Mudita Forum, if you think you might be interested.
The purpose of Mudita Forum is to provide a stimulating, thoughtful environment for discussing Eastern consciousness-raising practices — such as meditation, mindfulness, and ...
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Happy Holidays: The Song
Happy holidays, everyone.
The holidays can be an awkward time, sometimes, figuring out what to do for whom. But once in a while you see someone hit the ball so far out of ...
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