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    Objectivism Is The Everyman's Philosophy

    In the universe, what you see is what you get,

    figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness,

    and each person's independence is respected by all

  • Rand's Philosophy in Her Own Words

    • "Metaphysics: Objective Reality" "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness"
    • "Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue"
    • "Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live"
    • "Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man's] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being"

  • Objectivism Online Chat

    The Objectivist Lyceum Discord Server

    Aristotle is cold
    By Aristotle is cold,
    This is a discord community server created about a year ago dedicated to Ayn Rand's philosophy: Objectivism. Wether you are new to Objectivism or have been studying it for a long time, you are welcomed to share your ideas and learn more here, as out goal is to come together as a community to benefit one another by sharing and critically examining Ayn Rand's books and ideas. The server provides: - Interesting discussions - Chill place to hang out - Objectivist book discussions

    Reblogged:Fraud (via ESG and Regulation) Endangers Nest Eggs

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    As if state governments making politically-motivated investments with money they shouldn't have in the first place weren't bad enough, the New York Post sounds the alarm over a proposal by President Biden to allow retirement fund managers to make investments based on political opinions:Has anyone heard of individual rights? Of a country of laws and not men? In what universe is it acceptable to use someone's money to fund political activities without their direct knowledge or consent? This is

    In Today's Crazy - Vote with your wallet

    StrictlyLogical
    By StrictlyLogical,
    Social media, mainstream media, and the concentration of power in big data are creating a crazy left-wing suppression of anything ... well sane.   "Aunt Jemima" is no more.  The syrup itself will not change and will be just as delicious, but it will be sold under a new logo and name. (By the way, if sales TANK, this might turn out to be a perfect example of how brand name recognition actually... duh...  IS important)   Now buying Aunt Jemima in the past never meant I endorsed

    Will AI teach us that Objectivism is correct?

    happiness
    By happiness,
    Today I saw a demonstration of an app that counts objects of the same type in a picture. The software isolates a similar characteristic among concretes in a visual field and performs an act of induction to form a concept. Computers are using human epistemology. Others have already noted the similarities between Objectivist epistemology and object oriented programming. Is it possible that a sufficiently advanced form of AI, obeying a rational epistemology and lacking the capacity for evasion

    Reblogged:Friday Hodgepodge

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Four Things 1. Although I don't always use the pomodoro technique, I am a fan of using it when I need to pace myself or monitor my progress on something. Years ago, when I had to worry about babies sleeping in the next room during the wee hours, I created a script that made my whole screen flash in lieu of an audible alarm. That's usually not a concern of mine now, and I always have an antenna out for web-based ways to do things, such as when I have to work using (gasp!) an unfamiliar computer

    Reblogged:What Are Rules For?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    One of the reasons Miss Manners has long been my favorite etiquette column is that the question What for? is never far from the authors' minds. (It doesn't hurt the the replies are often humorous.) To wit, a reply to a question about how far from the edges of the envelope one ought to place a stamp:What I like about this gentle reminder of the purpose of etiquette is that it helps the reader properly conceptualize it, and to become better able to make such judgements on his own. In addition, it

    Reblogged:Capitalism Crushes 'Woke'

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    John Stossel takes a look at what left-wing activists are doing to their own comic book companies as they try to ram trendy academic fashions down everyone's throats:When you're a dad with school-aged children, it is impossible to miss the grubby pawprints of social "justice" warriors on practically everything emanating from the entertainment industry, but Stossel's column still managed to surprise me. My impression that what I was noticed was but the tip of an iceberg is correct, unfortunately

    Reblogged:Good News/Bad News: A Third Choice in '24?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    First, the good news: According to Morry Gash, writing at Vanity Fair, a group called No Labels is hard at work now to make it easy for a third-party candidate to jump into the '24 presidential race, in case we're stuck with a Trump-Biden rematch:So far so good. Perhaps this independent won't have to sit this one out or -- in the faint hope of sending a message to the GOP -- hold my nose and vote for Biden. The bad news is that for a choice to be at all meaningful, there needs to be a substanti

    Reblogged:Conservative Calls Haley 'Progressive'

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A self-confident man does not sneer... -- Ayn Rand ***Over at The American Conservative is an article mocking the presidential aspirations of Nikki Haley. As one might expect, this piece is more important for what it says about its author (and his political faction) than it says about Haley, so let me save you the trouble of wading through the rest and get right to the point:If freedom and America's interests are at odds, why the hell did the Founding Fathers feel the need to rebel against Engl

    I already know the answer but…

    happiness
    By happiness,
    The industry leader in interventional orthopedics (a new form of medicine that uses biologics instead of surgery to treat orthopedic problems) has a corporate program where they partner with self-insured employers to cover their services, which are otherwise cash only. I want to find an employer that provides this as a benefit, but the list of companies is not public. The only way to find out if an employer provides this benefit is to submit an inquiry through the medical company’s website.

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