The Randian Dream
I found this article about billionaire hedge funder Peter Thiel's idea to create a libertarian colony off the coast of California to be fascinating and a great first step to proving whether Ayn Rand's dream can be realized. Although I don't have any money to contribute, I fully support the idea of sending libertarians out to sea on a flotilla.
For all of you Tolkien fans, I particularly liked this quote:
A devoted J.R.R. Tolkien fan from an early age, Thiel is equally enamored with Kirill Eskov's The Last Ringbearer, a retelling of The Lord of the Rings in which Sauron is a beleaguered victim and the elves are bellicosely bent on world domination. "Gandalf's the crazy person who wants to start a war," Thiel explains, "and Mordor is this technological civilization based on reason and science. Outside of Mordor, it's all sort of mystical and environmental and nothing works. Anyway, it's really clever."
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Cheeahz!
For all of you Tolkien fans, I particularly liked this quote:
A devoted J.R.R. Tolkien fan from an early age, Thiel is equally enamored with Kirill Eskov's The Last Ringbearer, a retelling of The Lord of the Rings in which Sauron is a beleaguered victim and the elves are bellicosely bent on world domination. "Gandalf's the crazy person who wants to start a war," Thiel explains, "and Mordor is this technological civilization based on reason and science. Outside of Mordor, it's all sort of mystical and environmental and nothing works. Anyway, it's really clever."
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Cheeahz!