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 Wednesday, January 02, 2008

In this month's Seattle Magazine, Knute Berger states in his Gray Matters: Just Say None article:

Newspaper and magazine columnist (and founder of Microsoft’s Slate magazine) Michael Kinsley says that Ayn Rand is popular at Microsoft. She was an atheist who originated the philosophy of Objectivism and touted the virtues of selfishness and dog-eat-dog competition. No wonder she’s the darling of Redmond’s chosen.

This certainly applies to me, although I don't ask, "What would Ayn Rand do?.  Rather, I ask, "What would John Galt do?"

Interestingly enough, I also consider myself a Buddhist and those are not contradictory at all (check your premises).

Lastly, John Galt  Zarathustra (at least to me) which is another reason that I am fan of Ayn Rand.

BTW: if you are fan of Atlas Shrugged, you should really check out the perfect union of John Galt & Ragnar Danneskjold in the character of Hagbard Celine within the Illiminatus! Trilogy.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:58:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)  #    Comments [7] -

Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:04:19 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Ayn Rand had revulsion and contempt for the "Dog eat Dog" description of competition in an economic system of Capitalism. When making comments on Ayn Rand's views I recommend going to the source and discovering what she actually said and wrote on the subject.
Ralph C Whaley MD
Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:45:48 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I just started reading The Fountainhead again - read it 25+ years ago (college) - and was just thinking about how Objectivism and Underachievement and Death relate to each other, and also how Underachievement and Buddhism relate to each other.
Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:16:34 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Ralph: I assume you are suggesting the Knute Berger go read Ayn Rand? I said I was a Rand fan (and I have read her a great deal), not that I agreed with how Berger characterized her philosophy.
Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:12:32 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
You do realize that Francisco d'Anconia was a monopolist and Galt's Gulch was a monarchy?
Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:09:46 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
What a coincidence, I was just reading Atlas Shrugged again on the plane today. I am a huge fan of her novels and love reading about her philosophy (and in some ways, living it). I guess it really isn't such a coincidence after all, considering that I work for Microsoft :)
Nate
Friday, January 04, 2008 12:52:42 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Patrick: Thanks for the link -- that was a great post and very germane.
Friday, January 04, 2008 12:07:18 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
And here I thought I was the only Randite Buddhist.
Charlie (Colorado)
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