Anna's pursuit of Randian philosophy is so funny. I love the part where Jackie tells Anna that every girl goes through an Ayn Rand phase (it had that tingling truth to it like in Lost in Translation when Scarlett Johansson says that every girl goes through a photography phase and takes pictures of horses and her feet.)
I don't think an individual can truly be successful without the help of others. But in our society there is an emphasis on the individual... a capitalistic society is individual-based. And breeds Narcissists and BPD... (kidding but not kidding?)
I'm fascinated by the concept of not believing in things you don't understand. I would totally smoke if cigarettes didn't cause cancer, but then again I was born eighty years after Ayn, and my education was different than hers.
In a lot of ways the internet is "dangerous." Anyone can put up a video talking about things they don't understand... ie the earth being flat, when there are airplane flights every single day that fly from the US to Europe, Europe to Asia, and Asia back to the US.
Have you read both The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged? I grabbed a thrift store copy of Atlas Shrugged last summer but I haven't read it. Now I want to read both!
Thanks so much! I agree with you, much of the observations in this novel have a ring of truth to them, which makes them relatable. I hadn't thought about that Scarlett Johansson line in a while! For a rational thinker, Ayn not believing things you don't understand makes little sense. It feels more like a choice to be blind to certain ideas / counter arguments to whatever it is you do believe. I have not read The Fountainhead nor Atlas Shrugged, but, like you, now I really want to read them. Or, at least one of them, to see how her principles play out. My husband recently read Atlas Shrugged and he loved that reading experience. Then we got into a fight about politics. LOL. I was like HOW could you have loved that book?? He was like, it was really well written. Fine. As long as he still believes in science. :)
This is a great video!
Anna's pursuit of Randian philosophy is so funny. I love the part where Jackie tells Anna that every girl goes through an Ayn Rand phase (it had that tingling truth to it like in Lost in Translation when Scarlett Johansson says that every girl goes through a photography phase and takes pictures of horses and her feet.)
I don't think an individual can truly be successful without the help of others. But in our society there is an emphasis on the individual... a capitalistic society is individual-based. And breeds Narcissists and BPD... (kidding but not kidding?)
I'm fascinated by the concept of not believing in things you don't understand. I would totally smoke if cigarettes didn't cause cancer, but then again I was born eighty years after Ayn, and my education was different than hers.
In a lot of ways the internet is "dangerous." Anyone can put up a video talking about things they don't understand... ie the earth being flat, when there are airplane flights every single day that fly from the US to Europe, Europe to Asia, and Asia back to the US.
Have you read both The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged? I grabbed a thrift store copy of Atlas Shrugged last summer but I haven't read it. Now I want to read both!
Thanks so much! I agree with you, much of the observations in this novel have a ring of truth to them, which makes them relatable. I hadn't thought about that Scarlett Johansson line in a while! For a rational thinker, Ayn not believing things you don't understand makes little sense. It feels more like a choice to be blind to certain ideas / counter arguments to whatever it is you do believe. I have not read The Fountainhead nor Atlas Shrugged, but, like you, now I really want to read them. Or, at least one of them, to see how her principles play out. My husband recently read Atlas Shrugged and he loved that reading experience. Then we got into a fight about politics. LOL. I was like HOW could you have loved that book?? He was like, it was really well written. Fine. As long as he still believes in science. :)