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Re: On Going Galt

Jacob T. Levy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:35:15 -0000

"By the way, Atlas buffs, the point of Atlas Shrugged is not that you are John Galt. The point is that you are *not* John Galt. "

Though I've never read AS, this strikes me as highly likely as a claim about the book, and profound and important as a claim about the way the book is almost always read.

It's also funny as hell.

Re: John Galt and the Billion Tweaks

Jacob T. Levy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:45:25 -0000

Incidentally, while it's useful to think about Schumpeter in this context, he's certainly not just Rand-for-political-economists. The routinization of innovation was a crucial part of his model.

Re: Making a Virtue of Altruism

Jacob T. Levy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:24:02 -0000

Terrific, insightful stuff.

Re: Canadian!

Jacob T. Levy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:22:52 -0000

I'm pretty sure that "as an adult, I became a lifelong X" can't be right.

Re: Canadian!

Jacob T. Levy — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:08:54 -0000

In that case, you're going to owe a whopping back tax bill!