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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

    What is "Woke"?

    Harrison Danneskjold
    By Harrison Danneskjold,
    I'm curious to see what people on OO would define "wokeness" as.  What is "woke"? Here are a few of my own thoughts which I think are relevant to the question.    

    How do I Register to the Wiki?

    shlomif
    By shlomif,
    Hi, I tried to register on the wiki in order to edit it, but there's no registration link anywhere, and I cannot edit without being registered. Even if the registration link is disabled, there should be a link with instructions on what to do - otherwise usability suffers and people are going to be frustrated, and ask many questions like that. For more information, see: User Interface Design for Programmers - by Joel on Software. Seven steps to remarkable customer service.

    Reblogged:Four Recent Wins

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge Editor's Note I'll be away from the blog and scarce on Twitter over the Memorial Day weekend. Expect me back here next Wednesday. *** Whenever possible, I list three wins at the end of each day. Here are a few from a recent review of my planner. *** 1. When we moved from Florida to the New Orleans area, the kids no longer went to the same school. On top of the separate schools, their starting times were earlier and about an hour apart. Next year, they'll still be at sep

    Origins of Kashmir Conflict

    human_murda
    By human_murda,
    Here is the gist of how the Kashmir conflict started in India: British India consisted of regions that were directly controlled by the British as well as ~500 kingdoms that were subsidiary to the British: Myanmar was separated from British India in 1937. When they left, the British partitioned the regions that were directly controlled by the them into a Muslim majority Pakistan and a secular India (mostly Hindu but also included non-Hindu, non-Muslim areas). The ~500 kingdoms wer

    Bringing on the Automatons! Human and AI Collaboration.

    Marzshox
    By Marzshox,
    Hey Mars here.  Today I am posting just to provide you with some fuel for thought. I have been pleasantly engaged for quite awhile with AI technology. I am not a programmer and my computer savviness is kind of restricted to a level of basic computer literacy in all honesty. Anyway, on to my post! The following interaction is a somewhat indirect proposal that some of our society may deem worthy of exploration in a time that seamlessly feels like we have reached a singularity. Of course,

    Reblogged:Policy: What's the Opposite of Patronizing?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Yesterday, I learned that the Trump FDA has decided to restrict access to the annual Covid vaccine to adults over 65 and members of certain high-risk groups. Most striking was the following aspect of the rationale put forward, which sounded vaguely familiar to me:Yes. Basing a policy on the notion that adults can't make their own risk assessments is patronizing. Indeed, it is infantilizing -- just like the whole idea the we need an agency like the FDA to protect us from medications we might dec

    About the Russian aggression of Ukraine

    AlexL
    By AlexL,
    An analysis of John Mearsheimer's position, which is: "it is not Putin but the West, especially the U.S., that’s principally responsible for this disaster. The Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault.” The analysis continues:   Read here the full analysis.

    What are you listening at the moment?

    Uriah
    By Uriah,
    Admins - please give it a try. This topic is for the members to share the music they are listening to, it supposed to be updated constantly. And this is what's keeping me awake: Air - Love 2 The French duel is now out with a new album. It is rare to hear this kind of statement from a professional musician but Dunckel and Godin thought that their last album Pocket Symphony wasn't satisfying, partly because of their recent project with Charlotte Gainsbourg 5.55 which took a lot

    Reblogged:US Ambassador to Ukraine Resigns

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Bridget Brink, the United States ambassador to Ukraine, has just resigned because she "could no longer in good faith carry out the administration's policy" towards Ukraine, which she characterizes as "put[ting] pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia." While I don't agree with everything she says in her opinion piece, I think she is generally on-target in her assessment that how we conduct ourselves regarding Putin's War communicates (accurately or not) who we are

    Reblogged:'Big Bill' Threatens Nonprofits

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Late last year, the Foundation for Economic Freedom warned that a bill called the "Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act" presented the danger of soft censorship of nonprofits the government does not like. Peter Jacobsen of FEE noted that the law loudly promised income tax abatements for individuals being held hostage by terrorist organizations -- but quietly included another provision:Obviously, this measure would have made it easier for the government to abuse the t

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