Atlas Shrugged

[math_fridge]

I'm taking a break from my delicious diet of epic poems right now to read Atlas Shrugged. I started this reading project with curiosity about exactly why I'd always been told Ayn Rand was so evil and that I should never read anything by her, but quickly realized that, while I certainly don't agree with most of Objectivism (like all the parts that

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[anthemyst]

There's a lot to enjoy about Atlas Shrugged if you take it with a sufficiently large grain of salt. Have fun!

[anonymous]

Actually, some Objectivism would be healthy for you.

I like to think of it as the moral equivalent of some very strong medication: it will wreak havoc on a balanced person, but when it's someone with your severe case of selflessness, take as much as you can.