Found this interesting, not least because it's from 1959.

Sefirosu said:
As opposed to you?
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Am I also a terrible person do you mean? Perhaps. Do you think I am?

Anyway, idiotic one-liners from unwanted and unecessary returnees aside, let's talk about a quote I missed in that article.

For a deeper look at Rand’s philosophy and moral code, we highly recommend her iconic Atlas Shrugged, one of the most important written works of the 20th century.
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If I had read this before watching the videos then it's unlikely I would have watched the videos. I've ranted about this before so won't rehash it but to suggest it's one of the most important works of the 20th century is nonsense. It is utter garbage both from a literary perspective as well as a philosophical one.

The woman believed that she, Aquinas and Aristotle were the only philosophers of any worth, deserving of any merit, whose philosophies were enlightening, deep, meaningful. She was a deluded, egotistical yet highly intelligent woman who was, unfortunately, lucky enough to eventually get herself published. Her views were largely ignored by academia when she was alive and even in death with interest in her higher than before, her ideas are still viewed as childlike, flat or preposterous.

Having said all that I actually enjoyed the videos. In a weird way I enjoy listening to her speak, to see that rapid eye movement she had, that not-quite-all-togetherness expressed in black and white. I admire her abruptness - almost dismissiveness, even - and her sharpness of thought and her ability to express herself. But she was broken and her views were broken and I feel sorry for those who consider her 'works' iconic or important for they were neither.
 
My favourite author - love her to bits. I almost went to the Ayn Rand Institute after uni (in Irvine California). I consider her a prophet - she's predicted a lot of the mess we're in now, and I try to read the Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged every year.
 
Munky1080 said:
My favourite author - love her to bits. I almost went to the Ayn Rand Institute after uni (in Irvine California). I consider her a prophet - she's predicted a lot of the mess we're in now, and I try to read the Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged every year.
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You are bonkers.

Are you a tea bagger too?
 
[FnG]magnolia;22046528 said:
I'm genuinely interested in this. Can you expand?
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Its a fictionalised version of how architects wanting to design to their own beliefs and bring modernism & originality into the world were shunted by those who were afraid of change. Thankfully now, there are plenty of examples of amazing architecture but 100 years ago it was different, so perhaps the story doesnt have much meaning these days.
 
slambo69 said:
Its a fictionalised version of how architects wanting to design to their own beliefs and bring modernism & originality into the world were shunted by those who were afraid of change. Thankfully now, there are plenty of examples of amazing architecture but 100 years ago it was different, so perhaps the story doesnt have much meaning these days.
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Ah, got you. Did you enjoy the book?

e : just read your post again and you clearly said that you did enjoy it. Hmm, sorry, beer brain happened. What did you find enjoyable about it?
 
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