9 month ago
deusx : No Gods or Kings: Objectivism in BioShock - "BioShock may have been conceived as a study in nuance, a place for gamers to discover and explore at their own pace, but its dip into the ethical morass of Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophies has brought her beliefs back into the mainstream spotligh
Ethan Marcotte : No Gods or Kings: Objectivism in BioShock - I don't know when Kotaku got all substantive, but damn. This is one interesting read. ∞
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31 month ago
deusx : Variety.com - Lionsgate shrugging - "Ayn Rand's most ambitious novel may finally be brought to the bigscreen after years of false starts."
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46 month ago
deusx : Reason: Ayn Rand at 100 - "Loved, hated, and always controversial, the best-selling author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged is more relevant than ever."
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plasticbag : Who was Ayn Rand anyway: 'Her novels were based upon the archetype of the "Randian hero," a man whose genius leads others to reject him, but who perseveres nevertheless to achieve his values...' - Given that description and my own incipient genius, it's a wonder that I find so many of Rand's followers to be self-involved right-wing psycho nut-bags... Maybe they're not Randian enough... Prole-scum...
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47 month ago
jkottke : Ayn Rand Institute: the US should not help tsunami victims - All of the giving should come from private organizations and individuals.
plasticbag : Another block of separatist right-wing inhuman libertarian bullshit from The Ayn Rand Institute: U.S. Should Not Help Tsunami Victims - Which - as usual - misses the fact that in the long run, we all benefit from living in a stable and humane world in which people help each other out in times of trouble...
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