I didn’t learn this in a class. I bumped into it on a bus, holding a beat-up copy of Atlas Shrugged after a messy summer. Rent was tight. My head was louder than my phone. I wanted a simple rule book that didn’t talk down to me. Objectivism felt blunt. Kind of bracing. And, you …
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I’m Kayla, and I review stuff I actually use. Lately, I’ve been “using” two mindsets. One says truth and right depend on where you stand (that’s the relativist voice). The other says some things are true no matter what (that’s the objectivist voice). I tried both, side by side, like two tools in a small …
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I’ll be honest. I needed a character list for Atlas Shrugged like I needed coffee on a Monday. There are so many names. So many suits. So many folks who feel like they’re on the same train, but headed to different towns. If all you need is the plain-Jane roster itself, you can jump straight …
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I’m Kayla. I grew up in a small town with one good library and one loud debate team. So yeah, I like books that start fights at lunch. That’s how I ended up trying the Ayn Rand essay scholarships. I did it three times. I learned a lot. I won once. I also messed up …
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