Yes... the Collective efforts of over 100,000 people

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Yes... the Collective efforts of over 100,000 people

Adam — 7/23/2006 11:29:19 PM (archived)

...such a great crowning glory to the power of Collective Action.

Rand suffered a certain myopia about how the world worked, imagining that people could somehow pull entrepreneurial wonders out of individualistic behaviour. While endeavour needs leadership your average leader also needs followers. There has never been a true solitary genius who has made it all with their own two hands straight from raw ore they dug out of the ground. An entrepreneur exists in a certain context and environment and has a responsibility back to ensure its health and ongoing growth.

But Rand never got that and stuck with her individualistic schtick. How art is somehow an expression of individualism without reference to collective universals is a knotty problem for her philosophy. "Objectiveism"... nah.

Adam

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37 years ago.... - Raoul - 7/19/2006 6:13:08 PM
- Flight-team's 11 minute audio of descent and landing - Daniel - 7/20/2006 3:03:08 PM
  - re: I've got all the DVD's! - Raoul - 7/20/2006 5:51:50 PM
    - you must be the Belgium Central of international spaceniks - Daniel - 7/20/2006 6:31:40 PM
      - re: Apollo flights - Raoul - 7/20/2006 7:00:12 PM
- Armstrong did get his pilot's license before his driver's license at 16 - LJK - 7/19/2006 7:22:01 PM
  - re: Armstrong would not have made the difference - Raoul - 7/19/2006 7:40:48 PM
    - What Ayn Rand had to say about Apollo 11 - LJK - 7/20/2006 3:27:32 PM
      - Yes... the Collective efforts of over 100,000 people - Adam - 7/23/2006 11:29:19 PM
      - re: What Ayn Rand had to say about Apollo 11 - Robert - 7/20/2006 4:30:50 PM
        
        Not an accurate representation of the idea - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2006 5:33:26 PM
        
        re: Not an accurate representation of the idea - Robert - 7/20/2006 5:50:11 PM
- The World STOPPED - carl - 7/19/2006 6:30:52 PM
  - I know I'll never forget that day. (n/t) - ER - 7/19/2006 8:10:09 PM
    - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity - ljk - 7/20/2006 4:20:34 AM
      - re: Same for Apollo 12 and 14 - Raoul - 7/20/2006 5:54:28 AM
        
        The BBC take on Apollo - LJK - 7/20/2006 1:19:25 PM
        
        Another relevant anniversary - LJK - 7/20/2006 3:01:27 PM
        
        The first photo taken on the surface by Apollo 11 - LJK - 7/20/2006 7:22:27 PM
        
        Sorry, you're wrong. - Daniel - 7/20/2006 8:02:30 PM
        
        Sorry, YOU'RE wrong - LJK - 7/20/2006 8:13:43 PM
        
        OK, even if I misread you: - Daniel - 7/20/2006 8:42:52 PM
        
        re: OK, even if I misread you: - LJK - 7/20/2006 9:00:20 PM
        
        OK - Daniel - 7/20/2006 9:18:33 PM
        
        re: Sorry, you're both right:-) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/20/2006 8:23:47 PM
        
        The Earth-bound icon of Apollo 11 and much of the early US Space Program - LJK - 7/20/2006 9:40:52 PM
        
        re: The Earth-bound icon of Apollo 11 and much of the early US Space Program - Raoul - 7/20/2006 10:39:12 PM
        
        SMART-1 birthday postcard of Apollo 11 landing site - LJK - 7/21/2006 7:25:00 PM
        
        Apollo 11 program for those in the UK on July 24, 2006 - ljk - 7/23/2006 5:58:02 AM
        
        re: Apollo 11 program for those in the UK on July 24, 2006 - Delbert - 7/24/2006 3:11:24 PM
        
        re: Channel 5? - Raoul - 7/23/2006 7:47:05 AM
        
        Judging from this story - LJK - 7/25/2006 2:32:17 PM

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