Category: Objectivism

My strategy for promoting Ayn Rand and advancing Objectivism is to focus on a few key result-producing activities: Ayn Rand’s and Leonard Peikoff’s Books: I want to promote Ayn Rand’s and Leonard Peikoff’s books by increasing their sales and encouraging their readership and study. Leonard Peikoff’s Courses: I want to publicize and deliver Leonard’s courses professionally to thousands worldwide,…

I believe that Objectivism is best and most earnestly advanced by individuals acting independently and in the spirit of entrepreneurship. Ayn Rand herself wrote: “I regard the spread of Objectivism through today’s culture as an intellectual movement—i.e., a trend among independent individuals who share the same ideas—not as an organized movement…. I want, therefore, to…

Prometheus Foundation had an outstanding 2021. We awarded almost $5 million in grants to organizations and individuals who are promoting Ayn Rand’s works and advancing Objectivism all over the world. Here are some highlights of our grantees’ programs and activities. Students For Liberty (SFL) Prometheus Foundation has worked with Students For Liberty (SFL) to introduce…

Students For Liberty (SFL) is the largest pro-liberty student organization in the world, with students active in 117 countries. SFL educates, develops, and empowers students in their pursuit of becoming leaders promoting liberty. The Prometheus Foundation has worked with its CEO, Dr. Wolf von Laer, and his executive team for several years and observed a…

A brief note to readers: Many of the links in this post lead to pages that are written in Hebrew. If you’re not fluent, please make use of your browser’s auto-translate function. The Ayn Rand Center Israel (ARCI) is promoting Ayn Rand and advancing Objectivism in Israel in many ways, and it’s having an impact….

“Joy, exaltation, beauty, greatness, heroism, all the supreme, uplifting values of man’s existence on Earth, are the meaning of life.” This is from a letter Ayn Rand wrote in 1960. I love that quote, and it inspires me. I looked for five years to find the right artwork, photographs, or graphics to create posters of…

In association with the Adam Smith Institute, I have proudly sponsored the Ayn Rand Special Lecture for the last seven years. The Lecture in London on November 23rd was a grand and successful event, held in a spectacular hall with a great audience. Afterward, Eamonn Butler, a Founder of the Adam Smith Institute, sent me…

Thank you for the many responses to the proposal for an Ayn Rand Scholarship program. We will be expanding the program to include fellowships. I have received exciting and substantial responses to the proposal from individuals and organizations. Discussions are continuing. The next steps are: Establish a system to search for the brightest and best…

While cleaning up my old home at Lake Tahoe, I came across two photographs and a certificate from September 1, 1985. I believe that this was the first OCON, at that time named The Jefferson School. (Correction: A friend emailed to let me know that the first TJS conference was in 1983.) This “OCON” was…

The mission of my Prometheus Foundation is to promote Ayn Rand and advance her philosophy of Objectivism. Two of the most effective ways to do this are to inspire people to read Rand’s books, especially The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged—and to promote and deliver Leonard Peikoff’s courses. Prometheus Foundation is achieving these aims in various…