Atlas Shrugged
I'm taking a break from my delicious diet of epic poems right now to read Atlas Shrugged. I started this reading project with curiosity about exactly why I'd always been told Ayn Rand was so evil and that I should never read anything by her, but quickly realized that, while I certainly don't agree with most of Objectivism (like all the parts that conflict with Christianity), I agree with some of it - enough to make Atlas Shrugged compelling and inspirational for me to read. For example, I've always believed in the extreme moral importance of productivity, and I agree that people who choose to be undefeatable by external circumstances are much more powerful in what they can overcome than those who don't - while acknowledging that some people are still more limited than others, which Ayn Rand doesn't seem to. I've actually tested this "choose to be undefeatable" attitude by not giving up or despairing in a few situations where I normally would... and while, yes, I'm still disabled, choosing to be undefeatable allowed me to succeed in instances where I otherwise would have failed.
In other words, Atlas Shrugged is a lot better than I'd been programmed to expect. The story is pretty incredible, too.
~If you can't join 'em, beat 'em.
In other words, Atlas Shrugged is a lot better than I'd been programmed to expect. The story is pretty incredible, too.
~If you can't join 'em, beat 'em.