Jennifer Burns

I mean, I think it's because of that purity that I'm willing to say sort of you get what you deserve and that kind of lack of charity is And part of that in her work is because she creates this fictional world where she can set everything up just so. And so you don't have contingency or accident or bad luck or you don't really have a lot of children. You don't have handicapped people.

I mean, I think it's because of that purity that I'm willing to say sort of you get what you deserve and that kind of lack of charity is And part of that in her work is because she creates this fictional world where she can set everything up just so. And so you don't have contingency or accident or bad luck or you don't really have a lot of children. You don't have handicapped people.

You just have this idealized world. And I think it's really infuriating. For people who feel that's so inaccurate, how can you be deriving a social theory and philosophy around this? And how can you be missing what seems to many people she's missing the kind of ethical instinct or the altruistic or charitable instinct?

You just have this idealized world. And I think it's really infuriating. For people who feel that's so inaccurate, how can you be deriving a social theory and philosophy around this? And how can you be missing what seems to many people she's missing the kind of ethical instinct or the altruistic or charitable instinct?

You just have this idealized world. And I think it's really infuriating. For people who feel that's so inaccurate, how can you be deriving a social theory and philosophy around this? And how can you be missing what seems to many people she's missing the kind of ethical instinct or the altruistic or charitable instinct?

And so they just become enraged at that and they don't want to see anyone go that far. And they're outraged that someone went that far, that did the thing that Frank Knight said no one would do. Yeah, it's very unsettling.

And so they just become enraged at that and they don't want to see anyone go that far. And they're outraged that someone went that far, that did the thing that Frank Knight said no one would do. Yeah, it's very unsettling.

And so they just become enraged at that and they don't want to see anyone go that far. And they're outraged that someone went that far, that did the thing that Frank Knight said no one would do. Yeah, it's very unsettling.

So, I mean, the big flaw is that it's justified through a fictional world. You know, it's not justified through reference to the real world. You know, it's not empirical in a way. And Rand herself would say that she's not writing about things how they are, but how they should be. And so that idealism just really undermines it as a mechanism to understand where we're actually living.

So, I mean, the big flaw is that it's justified through a fictional world. You know, it's not justified through reference to the real world. You know, it's not empirical in a way. And Rand herself would say that she's not writing about things how they are, but how they should be. And so that idealism just really undermines it as a mechanism to understand where we're actually living.

So, I mean, the big flaw is that it's justified through a fictional world. You know, it's not justified through reference to the real world. You know, it's not empirical in a way. And Rand herself would say that she's not writing about things how they are, but how they should be. And so that idealism just really undermines it as a mechanism to understand where we're actually living.

And then I think it's the problem of elevating rationality over any other mode of insight or thinking. And so what happens in Rand's life, and I describe this in some detail in the book, is she essentially creates a cult of reason around her. And People who are drawn into this cult. It's called The Collective. It's a group of young people in New York City who are drawn to her work.

And then I think it's the problem of elevating rationality over any other mode of insight or thinking. And so what happens in Rand's life, and I describe this in some detail in the book, is she essentially creates a cult of reason around her. And People who are drawn into this cult. It's called The Collective. It's a group of young people in New York City who are drawn to her work.

And then I think it's the problem of elevating rationality over any other mode of insight or thinking. And so what happens in Rand's life, and I describe this in some detail in the book, is she essentially creates a cult of reason around her. And People who are drawn into this cult. It's called The Collective. It's a group of young people in New York City who are drawn to her work.

And she's already famous, but she's writing Atlas Shrugged. And so she's sharing... Drafts of Atlas shrugged as she goes along. And one of the members of the collective to bring all of this together is Alan Greenspan, who will later be head of the Federal Reserve. And he's incredibly taken with her. He's one of these people who says, I was a narrow technical thinker.

And she's already famous, but she's writing Atlas Shrugged. And so she's sharing... Drafts of Atlas shrugged as she goes along. And one of the members of the collective to bring all of this together is Alan Greenspan, who will later be head of the Federal Reserve. And he's incredibly taken with her. He's one of these people who says, I was a narrow technical thinker.

And she's already famous, but she's writing Atlas Shrugged. And so she's sharing... Drafts of Atlas shrugged as she goes along. And one of the members of the collective to bring all of this together is Alan Greenspan, who will later be head of the Federal Reserve. And he's incredibly taken with her. He's one of these people who says, I was a narrow technical thinker.

I never thought about ethics or politics or anything bigger until I met Ayn Rand. And she really opened my mind. He's part of this tight-knit group. But over time, in this tight-knit group, they think of themselves, we are all individualists. We're dedicated to individualism and capitalism. We're different than everybody else.

I never thought about ethics or politics or anything bigger until I met Ayn Rand. And she really opened my mind. He's part of this tight-knit group. But over time, in this tight-knit group, they think of themselves, we are all individualists. We're dedicated to individualism and capitalism. We're different than everybody else.

I never thought about ethics or politics or anything bigger until I met Ayn Rand. And she really opened my mind. He's part of this tight-knit group. But over time, in this tight-knit group, they think of themselves, we are all individualists. We're dedicated to individualism and capitalism. We're different than everybody else.