Well anyways, my name's Chris. From Toronto, 23 years old and earning a degree in Construction Science and Management. I've previously had 3 years in Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, and finally dropped out since I was less and less happy with each change. So then I floundered purposelessly around for awhile working at random jobs, trying to figure out where and how I took such a wrong turn in life.
Then my first touch with Objectivism was while reading Atlas Shrugged last March or April. Something about the whole thing just resonated with me, and with some deep emotions and ideas that had been dormant probably since I entered high school, or maybe even earlier. I'll loosely paraphrase something Rand said about emotions, that they "are lightning-quick judges of morality based on the total experiences of a mind", and I think that is basically what happened to me while reading her books. And after Atlas Shrugged I found The Fountainhead, and finally chose my purpose as a builder (As an aside - I realized that I had loved building anything and everything while I was a kid, and that I had since been brainwashed to the idea that strictly being a scientist and learning how to help people was the ultimate thing a man can do. The brainwashers were helped by myself of course, in that I also wanted to help myself so I allowed their method).
A few months before I read AS, I met a girl I love dearly. She's a bit more...Socialist, I guess, than I approve, but she's slowly coming around. Most of her ideas are already Capitalistic, but she has a Master's in Social Anthropology, so it might be holding her back. Or at least it's telling her to question all forms of religious and philosophical views, which in itself is pure rationality. But anyways, I chose my Purpose with building, and I chose my Dominique with her - we're getting married in May
So, I guess that's all. Just wanted to say "hey, this is me" if you're looking for where I'm coming from with any of my posts. I'm still a novice with Objectivism, and still integrating and changing (or at least refining/becoming more consistent with) a lot of the ways I think about morality, politics, etc. I'll be searching the forums for topics about construction, architecture, business, law, and politics, so if you're into the same, please point me in the right direction.
