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“Mother Nature”?
The Objective Standard published a short blog post of mine, on the importance of rejecting the pervasive idea of a benevolent natural order. “‘Nature’ does not act like a loving mother. It acts like nature. At best, it leaves people … Continue reading
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Sir Robert Edwards, RIP
The Objective Standard Blog has published my post about the death of Sir Robert Edwards, pioneer of IVF. Excerpt: It is no coincidence that cultures willing to elect warriors for liberty are far and away the most scientifically advanced cultures on the … Continue reading
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Robot cars and moral hazard
After watching this BBC News video, something occurred to me. Driverless cars appear to be around the corner, and they all (quite sensibly) come with features to stop the computer running over and killing pedestrians. If the pedestrian steps out in front … Continue reading
A quick life update
Exceptional busy-ness, and the fact that the things I’m working on are so dull right now, has meant I haven’t been updating this thing as often as I’d like to. Here’s a narcissistic update: I’m still living in mid-Wales. This is a … Continue reading
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Eric Raymond and Ayn Rand’s Egoism
After getting about halfway through Raymond’s book on the culture and dynamics of the open source movement, “The Cathedral & The Bazaar”, which is a set text for a course I’m studying at university; I began to wonder whether Raymond … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Computer Science, Eric Raymond, ethics, Nietzsche, Objectivism, Open Source, Philosophy
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Aberystwyth Bound!
On Thursday, I packed up everything I own into boxes so that I could move back to Aberystwyth for another year. After the best 18 months of my life in London, I’m going to head back to Wales and finish … Continue reading
Ayn Rand Nation: Review
My review of Ayn Rand Nation, by Gary Weiss, is available in the next edition of The Objective Standard. You can also read it online. Excerpt: It is widely known that the government controls every sector of the U.S. economy—and … Continue reading
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A critique of the physics of Sir Isaac Newton, in the style of a critique of the philosophy of Ayn Rand
Paragraph 1: Summarise, mispronounce, point to a survey to indicate impartiality. Few people in modern history have had a more profound impact on American physics than has Isaac Newton (pronounced: eeeh-sark nor-tane). A Library of Congress survey found that Newton’s … Continue reading
BBC’s Rand Misquote
As she explained in a 1959 television interview: “I am primarily the creator of a new cult of morality which has so far been believed impossible – namely, a morality not based on faith, not on emotion, not on arbitrary edicts, … Continue reading
UK: Free Market Revolution Funding Appeal
Over at The Prometheus Initiative, we’re organising a book launch for Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s ideas can end big government, the upcoming book by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins. The idea is to push the book into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Ayn Rand, Don Watkins, Free Market Revolution, Objectivism, The Prometheus Initiative, Yaron Brook
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