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

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- 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. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *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 --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Patrick St-Onge, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Hanna <<>> Jenny Lamb, Matthew Walden, Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H, Jessica Senk, Proper Gander, Nancy Carlson, Carly Westergard-Dobson, banana, Megan Blackburn, Instantly Joy, Athena of CaveSystem, John Grelish, Rose Kerchinske, Annika Ramen, Alicia Smith, Kevin, Velm, Dan Malmud, tiny, Dom, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Benevolent Loki, Tribe Label - Panda - Austin, Anjuli, Noelle Hoover, Tesa Hamilton