tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post1467618109008150499..comments2024-03-27T05:47:21.295-07:00Comments on Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature: Objectivism: an Autopsy, Part 4Daniel Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06359277853862225286noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-27294068956536185542018-11-01T00:56:14.695-07:002018-11-01T00:56:14.695-07:00It’s arduous to find educated people on this subje...It’s arduous to find educated people on this subject, however you sound like you realize what you’re talking about! Thanks <a href="https://onlinecasino2018.us.org" rel="nofollow">casino slots</a>jorgeefrrr828https://www.blogger.com/profile/14360506672119394010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-4747065907251027022018-10-11T17:37:02.211-07:002018-10-11T17:37:02.211-07:00There was a plan in the 1950s, Operation Vulture I...There was a plan in the 1950s, Operation Vulture I believe it was called, to use nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia. My understanding is that it was Vice President Nixon who put a stop to it.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366389218759511353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-2324638367056211692018-07-01T18:13:41.736-07:002018-07-01T18:13:41.736-07:00Brook also said recently that he supports torture....Brook also said recently that he supports torture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-1369544444556640282018-07-01T11:58:31.369-07:002018-07-01T11:58:31.369-07:00"How many people on the planet earth, sitting..."How many people on the planet earth, sitting in their chair with the nuclear code, responsible for the life or death of millions of people, knowing that the entire world would condemn them, that history might condemn them, that the American people would condemn them, how many people would actually give that advice to the president of the United States? Two, three maybe. Me, Leonard, you [Amy], I don’t know but very few people.”<br /><br />— Yaron Brook on the Yaron and Amy Show, 28 April 2018, titled 'Why Not "Atlas Lobbied"?'"<br /><br />If Brook ever appears on Joe Rogan's podcast, somebody needs tell either Rogan or the producer of his podcast about this quote. As long as Rogan knows about it, I have confidence that he will challenge Brook about it.gregnyquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653516868316854941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-63188125552652835462018-06-22T06:17:58.848-07:002018-06-22T06:17:58.848-07:00Recently, Brook called for nuking Iran
As far as ...<i>Recently, Brook called for nuking Iran</i><br /><br />As far as I know, Brook has not said anything about this when he's talked to people like Gad Saad and Dave Rubin. I doubt Saad or Rubin know about this. (It would seem that Amy Peikoff brings out the worst in Brook.) Now Rubin is trying to get Brook on the Joe Rogan podcast. But if that should ever happen, and Rogan finds out about these views, Brook will definitely be called to account. gregnyquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653516868316854941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-64805889220314565352018-06-20T20:34:19.662-07:002018-06-20T20:34:19.662-07:00ARI Watch is excellent on Brook. http://www.ariwat...ARI Watch is excellent on Brook. http://www.ariwatch.com/index.htm<br /><br />Recently, Brook called for nuking Iran (as quoted on ARI Watch):<br /><br />"After speaking of advising the president to bomb Iran’s spiritual center, leadership, and nuclear facilities and 'give them the infrastructure their philosophy deserves, which means the Dark Ages':<br /><br />"'How many people on the planet earth, sitting in their chair with the nuclear code, responsible for the life or death of millions of people, knowing that the entire world would condemn them, that history might condemn them, that the American people would condemn them, how many people would actually give that advice to the president of the United States? Two, three maybe. Me, Leonard, you [Amy], I don’t know but very few people.'”<br /><br />"— Yaron Brook on the Yaron and Amy Show, 28 April 2018, titled 'Why Not "Atlas Lobbied"?'"<br /><br />My friends, these people are lunatics.Harveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-49508801381279950252018-06-12T09:21:42.108-07:002018-06-12T09:21:42.108-07:00Have you ever listened to him? Everyone he disagre...<i>Have you ever listened to him? Everyone he disagrees with is dumb, stupid, a liar, a racist, a collectivist, etc.</i><br /><br />I've mostly heard Brook in YouTube conversations he's had with Gad Saad, Dave Rubin, and "Sargon of Akkad." Perhaps because he wants to become a member of the intellectual dark web, he's on his absolute best behavior when talking to these YouTube luminaries. But I have found him considerably more agreeable, even to the point of self-effacing humor, than other orthodox Objectivists. In the discussion with Gad Saad, Brook praised Sam Harris's intelligence and Jordan Peterson's views on honesty. When he engaged in criticism, he was fairly good-natured about it. In short, in these discussions, he did not come off as particularly censorious or arrogant or tone deaf, as often happens with orthodox followers of Rand.<br />gregnyquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653516868316854941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-22079600725241695412018-06-11T17:54:32.658-07:002018-06-11T17:54:32.658-07:00I wonder if Carl Barney closed his wallet to ARI b...I wonder if Carl Barney closed his wallet to ARI because of questions about his background in the 1970's as a high-ranking Scientologist. After L. Ron Hubbard kicked him out of the Scientologists for financial wrongdoing, Barney apparently shopped around for another cult that would take him in, and it looks like he settled into Peikoff's branch of the organized Objectivist movement. Mark Plusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-73993077447901719192018-06-11T15:54:53.898-07:002018-06-11T15:54:53.898-07:00Greg: "He [Brook] wasn't particularly dou...Greg: "He [Brook] wasn't particularly dour or thin-skinned or uptight. On the contrary, he comes off as fairly agreeable (at least for an Objectivist). "<br /><br />Have you ever listened to him? Everyone he disagrees with is dumb, stupid, a liar, a racist, a collectivist, etc. <br /><br />NPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-45133251826536658842018-06-11T08:02:48.115-07:002018-06-11T08:02:48.115-07:00ARI announced that Tal Tsfany, co-founder of the A...<i>ARI announced that Tal Tsfany, co-founder of the Ayn Rand Center Israel, will take over as the president and CEO of ARI on June 29, 2018.</i><br /><br />The question here is whether Tsfany will follow in Brook's footsteps or whether he has his own agenda. I always suspected that Brook wanted to downplay the more philosophical side of Objectivism (the epistemology, the metaphysics, the theory of history) and turn ARI into a libertarian advocacy institution. But he may have been hampered in achieving this goal by Leonard Peikoff, who cared more about his own legacy as the chief enforcer of Randian orthodoxy than in promoting libertarian ideas.<br /><br />In some ways Brook was out of place at ARI. He did not have the personality type of the typical orthodox Objectivist. He wasn't particularly dour or thin-skinned or uptight. On the contrary, he comes off as fairly agreeable (at least for an Objectivist). At times, he's even self-effacing. He doesn't seem all that interested in the more abstruse (and often more fallacious) parts of Objectivism. I rather suspect that Ayn Rand would not have approved of him. Brook is currently attempting to become a YouTube/podcaster pundit. He's trying to cultivate relationships with members of the so-called "dark web" (i.e., Dave Rubin, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, etc.), but other than Rubin and Gad Saad, no one will talk to him, so Brook is having a hard time of it. His view numbers on YouTube aren't all that impressive.gregnyquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653516868316854941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-15292709698810634572018-06-10T05:32:15.998-07:002018-06-10T05:32:15.998-07:00Yaron said on his radio show that the ARI had &quo...Yaron said on his radio show that the ARI had "significant downsizing" in May because it lost a "major donor." That it was around a third of its 50 employees is the scuttlebutt.<br /><br />NPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-55956465893628744112018-06-10T00:38:30.250-07:002018-06-10T00:38:30.250-07:00"It looks like Objectivism is dying. The ARI ..."It looks like Objectivism is dying. The ARI last month laid off 1/3 of its staff because it lost a major donor (no one knows which)."<br /><br />Neil that's some juicy news you got there! Help us out with a source?<br /><br />BCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-60535524682982875972018-06-09T07:11:00.699-07:002018-06-09T07:11:00.699-07:00I'm not an expert on non-profits, but the ARI ...I'm not an expert on non-profits, but the ARI seems kind of top heavy if losing one big donor means you lay of 1/3 of your staff.<br /><br />According to Wikipedia,<br /><br />_______________<br /><br />In January 2017, ARI announced Jim Brown as its CEO, succeeding Yaron Brook as its operational executive.[23]<br />In March 2018, ARI announced that Tal Tsfany, co-founder of the Ayn Rand Center Israel, will take over as the president and CEO of ARI on June 29, 2018.[24]<br /><br />______________<br /><br />When Tsfany was named CEO, the ARI said that Brown was hired as an interim CEO, which was news to everyone.<br /><br />When Brook ceased being CEO he was named as a member of the board. Brook was making almost 450K as CEO and must have taken a big cut when named to the board. (The IRS frowns on paying board members more than 100K).<br /><br />So it looks like this was a long time coming, but no one knows the detail. Peikoff is retired so maybe it's one big donor pulling the strings.<br /><br />Neil<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-24699684156898737062018-06-08T03:40:11.270-07:002018-06-08T03:40:11.270-07:00"Rand was hypersensitive to anything she perc..."Rand was hypersensitive to anything she perceived as an attack, which made it very difficult for her to engage in rational discussion with people who disagreed with her."<br /><br />Not an admirable trait, to be sure. But as we all know, it doesn't prevent one from becoming President of the United States.Gordon Burkowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-13959062716702218142018-06-07T18:22:00.150-07:002018-06-07T18:22:00.150-07:00Neil Parille:
Organized Rand cultism was going to...Neil Parille:<br /><br />Organized Rand cultism was going to die any way because Rand's philosophy is implicitly hostile to family formation. That's why the aging, childless Kool-Aid drinkers in both ARI and the Atlas Society have depended on trying to replenish the cult's ranks by recruiting teenagers and college students from normal people's families, whether these youngsters want to read Rand's novels or not. America's demographic transformation into a predominantly Hispanic country just makes this strategy harder to implement because Latinos generally don't like to read. Mark Plusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-49652425565693734972018-06-07T18:18:32.446-07:002018-06-07T18:18:32.446-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.gregnyquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653516868316854941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-42587206225476161632018-06-07T16:20:49.069-07:002018-06-07T16:20:49.069-07:00It looks like Objectivism is dying. The ARI last ...It looks like Objectivism is dying. The ARI last month laid off 1/3 of its staff because it lost a major donor (no one knows which).<br /><br />Neil ParilleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com