They will all rot your brain, but adolescents usually outgrow Ayn Rand. Of course, they usually outgrow experimentation with drugs and alcohol, too. Usually.
I haven’t read Fountainhead, but I did force my way through Atlas Shrugged. 1700 pages that could have been written in 30. The rest of it was Ayn repeating herself. I don’t disagree with her point, but oy.
I wonder what she would say/do if she found him reading Robert A. Heinlein, or Harlen Ellison?! They were Political opposites, but both great story tellers.
Ayn Rand was a selfish person who invented a selfish philosophy that was only to be self-serving. Her lover cheated on her and stole her company from her. He is better at being selfish than she was.
I read what I wanted, and my child read what she wanted. We both learned there are more opinions in the world, and we chose to follow our own paths. I read Ayn Rand, I assume she did. Now, she treats covid patients. We did OK.
Yelling at your kid for reading a book with “bad ideas” is easier than having a thoughtful discussion about why the ideas are bad.
Of course, that’s assuming that the Mom has read these books herself and isn’t just believing what she’s been told. Or maybe she’s read the “Cliff’s Notes” version.
And full disclosure, the only Ayn Rand story that I had the patience for was Anthem, and I don’t really remember it.
I was sitting in the family room reading Atlas Shrugged and a neighbor asked my Mom is she was ok with me reading Ayn Rand. My Mom answered, “I’m fine with it”After the neighbor left, My Mom asked me, “Who is Ayn Rand? Why wouldn’t I want you to read her book?” I explained who Ayn Rand was and her philosophy. My Mom then said she didn’t really want me to read her books, but after my explanation of Ayn Rand and my synopsis of Fountainhead, she conceded it was probably too late to screen my reading material.
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
Reading Ayn Rand will teach you how not to write.
Strob Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Priorities!
SHIVA almost 4 years ago
Well, it could have been The Story of O.
Zykoic almost 4 years ago
Fear that he would think…..
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
Naming him Atlas was your first mistake, Mom. But at least we know what his response will be.
cdward almost 4 years ago
They will all rot your brain, but adolescents usually outgrow Ayn Rand. Of course, they usually outgrow experimentation with drugs and alcohol, too. Usually.
Breadboard almost 4 years ago
Dahhhhhh …… Got them at the library .
katzenbooks45 almost 4 years ago
Rand Paul, probably. Whose full name is Randall.
ChristineMurphy almost 4 years ago
Yes, I would feel her rage. Lucky for me, my boys were into SF and accounting.
J Short almost 4 years ago
Instead, read something that will make want to join ANTIFA.
Andrew Sleeth almost 4 years ago
Get that kid into a Montessori school fast !
Qiset almost 4 years ago
On the road to conservatism! Good choice.
uniquename almost 4 years ago
I haven’t read Fountainhead, but I did force my way through Atlas Shrugged. 1700 pages that could have been written in 30. The rest of it was Ayn repeating herself. I don’t disagree with her point, but oy.
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
Rand was certainly well acquainted with, you know, hypocrisy.
UmmeMoosa almost 4 years ago
Looks like he just ‘ Shrugged’.
LyleGorch1 almost 4 years ago
Good one, Harry. And, sadly, some people never outgrow this nonsense.
kv450 almost 4 years ago
These were required reading at my Koch Bros-funded school in Wichita, but I grew up.
mauser7 almost 4 years ago
I wonder what she would say/do if she found him reading Robert A. Heinlein, or Harlen Ellison?! They were Political opposites, but both great story tellers.
ncorgbl almost 4 years ago
Ayn Rand was a selfish person who invented a selfish philosophy that was only to be self-serving. Her lover cheated on her and stole her company from her. He is better at being selfish than she was.
myfitjam almost 4 years ago
I got them from you mom!!!! …from you.
mistercatworks almost 4 years ago
That woman’s idea are poison. She would have let the coronavirus “run its course”. To blazes with everybody else.
guyjen2004 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
AS an architect I felt compelled to read Fountainhead. Meh.
Glib Sporgen almost 4 years ago
Atlas, he shrugged.
errolm1937 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Rand was a skilled writer with Toxic ideas.She died dependent on the State’s Medicare.What a hypocrite!
Teto85 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Well, they now have emergency toilet paper.
Moonkey Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I read what I wanted, and my child read what she wanted. We both learned there are more opinions in the world, and we chose to follow our own paths. I read Ayn Rand, I assume she did. Now, she treats covid patients. We did OK.
NaturLvr almost 4 years ago
Paul Ryan, perhaps? He claimed to be a big fan of her thinking.
gmadoll789 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’m pretty sure Ayn was having them on. I mean, seriously?!?
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Yeah, I read it too. Tough to get through, and I couldn’t imagine more selfish folks in the world.
But a free society must allow selfishness, else it is not free.
1MadHat Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Project Gutenberg, along with 60,00 other free books.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 4 years ago
Life is really 100% about perception, and usually results in 10% action and 90% reaction.
PuppyPapa almost 4 years ago
“OH GOD NO, PLEASE TELL ME YOU’RE NOT A . . . NOT A . . . !”
Sparkys44 almost 4 years ago
I survived her books OK…
Kaputnik almost 4 years ago
Yelling at your kid for reading a book with “bad ideas” is easier than having a thoughtful discussion about why the ideas are bad.
Of course, that’s assuming that the Mom has read these books herself and isn’t just believing what she’s been told. Or maybe she’s read the “Cliff’s Notes” version.
And full disclosure, the only Ayn Rand story that I had the patience for was Anthem, and I don’t really remember it.
StackableContainers almost 4 years ago
I was sitting in the family room reading Atlas Shrugged and a neighbor asked my Mom is she was ok with me reading Ayn Rand. My Mom answered, “I’m fine with it”After the neighbor left, My Mom asked me, “Who is Ayn Rand? Why wouldn’t I want you to read her book?” I explained who Ayn Rand was and her philosophy. My Mom then said she didn’t really want me to read her books, but after my explanation of Ayn Rand and my synopsis of Fountainhead, she conceded it was probably too late to screen my reading material.