Tag: Objectivism
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Reminder: SoCal Objectivists First Meeting
by Jason Stotts Just a reminder for anyone who is interested, our very first meeting and social get-together is this Saturday night! Details are available on our Google Group or you can find information on our Facebook page or via our twitter (@SoCalOists). If you’re planning on coming to this meeting, please RSVP via our Google…
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Announcement: SoCal Objectivists
by Jason Stotts Earl Parson and I have decided that we’re going to be starting an Objectivist Society here in Southern California, home of the Ayn Rand Institute and of probably the highest concentration of objectivists in the country. It’s really strange that with so many us living in the area, there are no social…
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Chicago Minicon
by Jason Stotts I want to thank everyone who attended my lecture over the weekend at COSCon. I hope that everyone found it interesting and engaging. If you’re interested in further readings, I recommend starting with the following: 1. “Of Living Death,” The Objectivist. Especially 530-531. (Or: The Voice of Reason, 46-63.) 2. “Francisco’s Sex Speech,” from Atlas Shrugged,…
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ATLOSCon Flyer
by Jason Stotts So, as many of you know, I’m going to be speaking this summer at ATLOSCon. I’m supposed to make a flyer to help promote my blog there and I definitely want to do that to help bring in new readers. The problem is that I’m not that into designing and I don’t…
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Formspring: Puritanical Objectivists?
by Jason Stotts I had this question on Formspring the other day: Is their a puritanical minority amongst Objectivists? The answer is definitely, absolutely, without a doubt: yes. I know that Peikoff has complained about them in his podcast on multiple occasions and I certainly agree with him on this point. I think that it’s predominantly…
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Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
by Jason Stotts The Objective Standard (TOS) is once again offering an essay contest on Atlas Shrugged this year. Details of which can be found at http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/essay/. I encourage anyone who’s read the book and enjoys it and who might not mind a little extra money, to submit an essay. In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand dramatizes…
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Atlas Shrugged: The Movie
by Jason Stotts Last night I went to see the Atlas Shrugged movie for myself, to see whether it was as bad as everyone is saying. In some ways I’ve been looking forward to seeing the movie for some time and in others I’ve been dreading it. However, as an Objectivist, I basically had a…
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Objectivist Blog Carnival
Welcome to the April 14, 2011 edition of the Objectivist Round Up. Today’s quote is from Ayn Rand: Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. ~ Ayn Rand It seems quite apropos to our “budget crisis” and the…