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In philosophy on 4 October 2009 with no comments

Many consultants, ‘experts’ and internet trolls have a common trait: They leech on other people’s failures. Every time someone experiences a mishap or failure, something astounding happens: People who have no business lecturing and criticising the very people who went out and at least tried do it anyway. Chairmen of political parties, authors or entrepreneurs [...]

Judging ideas, not people

In journalism & media, philosophy on 27 September 2009 with no comments

There seems to be a consistent problem with portraying Ayn Rand and virtually all prominent thinkers in the political and philosophical sphere. Their ideas increasingly get judged by who adopts them and what those adopters do with it instead of judging the idea purely at face value and independently of its adoption. I think it’s [...]