S5E5 - The Collective's Legacy (Objectivism's reception & effects)

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Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. - Theodor Adorno

Chris tries to land this Ayn Rand plane in an objectively satisfying manner.

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*Search Categories*

Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom

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*Topic Spoiler*

Objectivism & Ayn Rand

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*Further Reading*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand_Institute

https://ari.aynrand.org/

https://courses.aynrand.org/campus-courses/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ayn-Rand

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ayn-Rand/The-Collective-and-the-Nathaniel-Branden-Institute

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ayn-rand/

http://aynrandlexicon.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Objectivism

https://www.atlassociety.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlas_Society

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2020-04-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/i-visited-the-secret-lair-of-the-ayn-rand-cult/0000017f-ef06-ddba-a37f-ef6e2c740000

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/the-unlikeliest-cult-in-history/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kyxvv/nxivm-jordan-peterson-and-the-reincarnation-of-ayn-rands-cult

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ayn_Rand_Cult

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/ayn-rand-on-human-nature/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Branden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaron_Brook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peikoff

https://www.conservapedia.com/Objectivism

http://michaelprescott.freeservers.com/romancing-the-stone-cold.html

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595267335/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ominous_Parallels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

https://www.atlassociety.org/post/frank-lloyd-wright-and-ayn-rand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XysDgbp9uo4

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