ScottHanson

Practice makes perfect.

The original article has nothing of interest in it.

Randinistas!

A question.

Did Roarke have the moral or legal rights to destroy the development after the owners changed the design?

You first!

The point of the blog is the question: do the successful at least part of their success to the society they grew up in.

Ayn Rand says no; Gladwell says yes.

Rand's vilification of people who disagree with her is irritating, but what's more troublesome is the victim mentality that goes along with it. Inevitably the protagonist (who is handsome, smart, determined, and surprisingly domineering in the bedroom) is held back by the mediocrity of the masses. If only circumstances were different, the books tell us over and over again, our hero could achieve his true potential. -

Hence the blogger's comment:

"Atlas Shrugged is a similar story. In it a group of scientists and tycoons decide in equally petulant fashion that they will "simply take their ball and go home", when society refuses to capitulate to their capricious demands. So what happens? Well, according to Ayn Rand everything in the world grinds to a halt. In her bizarre world view, no replacements are available amongst the rest of humanity to rise up to the occasion and take over from the cry-babies who have gone home in a snit."

Yes, in real life others would have stepped up to the plate.

How so?

"As for the article being garbage, I appreciate where the author is coming from, but it's not insightful enough to warrant a link. Not to say it won't stir up the Objectivists here a whole lot."

The article has value in that it's stirred up an examination of Positivism. Too many college kids get all caught up in this nonsense. Then the join the Republican Party as a result.

Apple is for faggs only.

It's only a garbage article if you're a fanatical Rand groupie.

The post contributes to an important societal debate over whether or not the successful owe anything back to society, such as taxes.

Obviously it's stimulated a lot of heat.