lol. ok. West Point. have you read any Gus Lee?

agreed

cj-where have you been?! please comment and post. looking forward to your thinking

wow, tom. I need to see more of your comments or a post. You can teach us stuff or steer us. nice to meet you

Well done.

well, it was an actual flip. he offered to do it to pirate, she abstained

I did not know about Heisenberg's book on philosophy and physics. Of course, I knew about his uncertainty principle. I'll let somebody else work on Heisenberg compensators.

This. Sooooo much this.

and then I yelled at you. why did I do that? such a close friend you are. we met in the gulch. I will always honor that

I love this story. You ol' smoothy. Swooning the girls with... Capitalism. You dog.

"Flipped." Is that what they call it now?

Now I'm crying!!

<3 <3 back at you!

wow. I love this story. much like dale's. he was in finals week when his mom handed him the book. he did not sleep until he was done. such kindred spirits, we are.

wiping away tears. and I met this guy-let'sshrug and I said, this could be my important friend. and then you were a girl and our discussions-oh the ongoing discussions and brains mashing. we owe this site that, LS. we owe this site that.

I love this story freedom

ah, I, I figured as much. what a great story. so glad we have you. carry on

very interesting perspective, ed. I am so glad you found the site. we all benefit :)

"fierce joy" how I love you

yes. it is just true. and we keeping fighting the fight. and those of us on THIS site-we do not hide behind "flourishing" lol

No, it was not you, K. The asset goes both ways. Thanks.

I read AS about 15 years ago now, before the movies. I have many of her audio books, hardback books and Piekoff's Objectivism: The philosophy of Ayn Rand.

About two years after reading most of what Rand has published (other than her books about writing) I had a liberal friend loose several different arguments with me as I used Objectivism to put down his arguments. He asked where I was getting some of these ideas and a conversation ensued in which he said "We need someone like her for socialism."

I told him to read some Marx, that was the person he was looking for. He responded "I have and his arguments are just not as good." to which I responded that perhaps he needed to check his premises resolve the conflicts and find the truth.

The movies got him to read the book and today he has not yet gotten off the socialist cool aid but at least he is questioning it and there is hope that he can be saved.

Every so often we have a good conversation. There is much that hast to be weeded from his brain and the process is slow.

I read AS later in life than I would care to admit to. ;-)
That said, I felt like I wanted to shout from the rooftops what I had found! It literally left me bursting with a fierce joy that I had found what it was I had yearned for but could not name. It wasn't until several yer later that I saw the trailer for the first AS movie, and looked more rigorously online for sources of info. I found The Atlas Society first, then came across GaltsGulchOnline....

I've been a producer ever since, and have never looked back. I must say that Anthem had a rather profound effect on me, as did The Virtue of Selfishness. It put things in crystal clear perspective. But my favorite AR protagonist is Roark, from Fountainhead.

I went to the "The American Dream Summit" in (the belly of the beast) Washington DC I believe nearly 3 years ago, before the first movie. There was a "Who Is John Galt" t-shirt sitting on the chairs for one of the presentations. I asked a friend what it was all about and he explained the link to Atlas Shrugged, a book that I had never heard of. After the presentation I was so interested in the message I returned home, ordered AS on Kindle and started reading it. I don't remember if I finished the book prior to seeing the movie but I think I did. I do remember after reading the first 60-100 pages, I had a hard time putting the book down. If my memory serves me well, about every 5 pages I kept repeating the words, "this is happening right now in America". By the end of the book I had realized how much insight Ayn had on what was happening to America and was completely hooked on Objectivism. I also realized that those were my natural beliefs. I was hooked on the AR message from that point forward. I have more AR books but have been so busy that I have been unable to read them but I will. That is guaranteed.

Ah, to have been an observer of the flip... ;-)
Nicely done, db!

Ok. I will say, with most firm and earnest emphasis, YOU MUST. I think you will find that Ayn Rand's other works of fiction, Fountainhead, We The Living, Anthem with the added component of her non fiction, will astound you with their depth, and the utter logic that is Objectivism. When you apply that philosophy to your daily interactions, I think you will realize that most people walking this earth are mental zombies. The Romantic Manifesto, and The Virtue of Selfishness are profound. Please, before you read anything else, grab a copy of any of the above, and delve.