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September 5, 2012

Ayn Rand and Modern Politics

The problem with visions of life that are detached from the world—no matter how intoxicating—is that they crash and burn when they encounter the real world.The problem with visions of life that are detached from the world—no matter how intoxicating—is that they crash and burn when they encounter the real world.

October 3, 2012

Did Human Evolution Favor Individualists or Altruists?

Rand's mistake was in essentializing the distinction between "individualist freedom" vs. "collectivist tyranny" and then transporting it into our human past.

October 5, 2012

Ayn Rand on Human Nature

Rand insists altruism is a pernicious lie that is directly contrary to biological reality. Is it?