(This post is for Objectivists only.) I had partied too much the night before, and I woke up feeling sluggish and a little hungover. As I opened my eyes, I said “Ugh! Reality… where the hell did that come from?” My romantic partner looked at me and said, “Ayn Rand invented it!” I laughed out…
Objectivism
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Movie: We the Living
(This post is only for Objectivists.) I received an email from the producer of We the Living, Duncan Scott. He is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who, along with associate producer, Barbara Scott, spent two years meticulously restoring and rejuvenating the 80-year-old movie, frame-by-frame. The result, We the Living: The 80th Anniversary Restoration, was premiered at…
A Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing
The LevelUp 2023 conference, produced and directed by Craig and Sarah Biddle, was a fabulous success. Nearly 600 young people from around the world descended on Phoenix, AZ to attend lectures and breakout sessions on topics ranging from personal growth to politics to education to the arts. In my estimate, LevelUp lived up to its…
Progress and Good News for Objectivism
Prometheus Foundation (PF) had a remarkable year, awarding nearly $3 million to organizations and individuals promoting Ayn Rand’s ideas all over the world. Here are some highlights. Students For Liberty (SFL) After years of planning with SFL to popularize Rand’s ideas, we launched the Prometheus Fellowship program and awarded more than 70 fellowships, bringing students…
Founding Ayn Rand Center Israel and the Ayn Rand Atlas Award for the Best Israeli Startup
About 12 years ago, along with Boaz Arad, I founded and funded the Ayn Rand Center in Israel (ARCI)—and I have continued to participate and fund it during the last decade. Israel is now on the Objectivist map, and Boaz is encouraging and receiving contributions from others. To support ARCI, I founded, along with Boaz…
Objectivism Goes Worldwide
In May this year, 50 bright, active-minded men and women from 23 countries embarked on a serious study program of Ayn Rand’s books and Leonard Peikoff’s books and courses. This is the launch of the Prometheus Fellowship, initiated and funded with a $2.3 million dollar grant by my Prometheus Foundation. Wolf Von Laer (CEO) and…
New Intellectuals and New Frontiers for Objectivism
(This is for Objectivists. Please feel free to forward this, and I appreciate any feedback that you care to provide.) Ayn Rand saw the need for new intellectuals. She wanted to reach intelligent, ambitious, young (and older) minds with her inspirational, rational philosophy—a philosophy for living fully, successfully, and happily. Her long essay “For The…
Objectivism in One Sentence
I was stunned to see a statement/announcement by a senior Objectivist. It read: “Objectivism in one sentence: I’m not brave enough to be a coward—I see the consequences too clearly.” “This quintessentially Ayn Rand quip captures and implies the entire Objectivist philosophy, ‘A is A’ to rational selfishness, to the politics of laissez faire, and…
Students for Liberty: A Perfect Audience for Ayn Rand’s Ideas
Students for Liberty (SFL) is an international organization whose purpose is to educate young people about the nature and importance of liberty; to develop leaders who are willing and conceptually equipped to fight effectively for liberty; and to empower them by providing resources, networks, infrastructure, and general support for their activities. Attendance at SFL’s events…
Integrity: Practicing Philosophy
The philosophy that matters is not the philosophy we profess, but the philosophy we practice. (That’s a paraphrase of a quote by Francis Chan.) There are many who profess Objectivism but do not practice it well, or do not practice it at all—or even worse, they mis-practice it. I will write some more about this…
