I really wanted to read that book as a young man to understand why it was so toxic. But I didn’t want anyone to ever see me reading it. I went as far as making a plan to glue another book cover over it. Problem was I also didn’t want the Rand estate to profit from my curiosity.
In the meantime, India didn't self-implode, at least not yet.
I don't disagree with you (in fact I very much agree) but I use a Remarkable 2 now to avoid the incredible depth of spying.
I have yet to meet a person that isn't primarily self interested. They must exist, but they are exceedingly rare.
In any case, you are the one most harmed by your own blinders, and you don’t know what you’re missing.
> We talk a lot these days about, “how can I be my best self?” That’s what Rand is saying. She's saying, actually, it’s not about earning money, it’s not about being rich. It is about the perfection of the moral life. It's about the pursuit of excellence. It’s about the cultivation of virtue. These are the important things. This is what Dagny is doing. When all the entrepreneurs at the end, they’re in the happy valley, actually, between them, they have not that much money, right?
I tend to agree. It sounds like John Rogers missed the point of the book entirely.