"The Simplest Thing in the World" by Ayn Rand

[@sebc2s]

The Fountainhead is what inspired me to live by my principles no matter what. If someone is truly convinced that their principles are valuable, then they are worth adhering to no matter what. If you think you can stray from your principles on occasion, then they are not your principles and you don't truly believe they are valuable. What you then actually believe is that the principles that are making you stray from your "principles" are more valuable.

[@rvc121]

It's sometimes more complex then that. Certainly if you changed or trying to change your principles.

[@someonenotnoone]

Principled people don't care about others unless their principle is caring about others, which hers very obviously isn't. Objectivism is rotten to the core.

[@ryam4632]

Her reading is so lively and heartfelt! I love this so much.

[@CineSolutions]

He MUST write his stories the way he wants, even if he has to clean toilets for the rest of his life.

[@jamesfanshawe6807]

Great story. The last sentence gave me chills.

[@twatpopper72]

Very well written.

[@Objectivityiskey]

I see Atlas Shrugged in this very script, the foundation is there. What a master of hierarchical abstractions, pure genius! This individual was gold, if only she could comment on the problems of today...

[@dennishackethal]

I too wish she were still around.

[@NotAnEconomist]

I wish she was among us today but all of her writing is a comment on the problems of today already, it applies just as much (if not more) today. The clarity and logic of her writing is so exact, that one can confidently derive what her opinion would have been about every issue today.

[@Objectivityiskey]

@@NotAnEconomist ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@bennyboater]

I just finished The Romantic Manifesto which has this essay in the end of the book. it's great to hear to audio shortly after reading!

[@thebandthis]

it's not an essay it's a short story. and i agree it's a great audio

[@realityisreal3928]

My God! What a mind.

[@davee91889]

I love when she says "stupid"

[@tylerbettes6137]

What an insight into Ayn’s own thoughts.

[@dennishackethal]

You’re saying she was grappling with some inner second-hander as much as Dorn? Doubtful.

[@haroldflower8511]

@@dennishackethal She definitely did. You can hear it in her voice. The difference between her and a second hander is she didn't allow negative thoughts to keep her from writing what she wanted to write.

[@danielkohen1777]

Wow, that ending

[@drraz9084]

People strive to tear themselves in half if they believe the non-objective, the soulless, the evil is what makes money.

[@markmoyers5684]

or, when they make even small mistakes in their philosophy.

[@someonenotnoone]

No one made money trading slaves? Not ever, at all?

[@dwijgurram5490]

Being stupid is hard when you're afraid of being labelled as one.

[@_yojanaregmi]

11:00

[@lamalamalex]

Oh, man! What a torture! 😔😢

[@martinnicholson5263]

It depends on how you off set the e cheelesy

[@martinnicholson5263]

Jessie james cought it in the back

[@markmoyers5684]

Is this her talking about herself and her book(s)?

[@whousa642]

Herself. This was after Atlas Shrugged was published and did not get the reception she expected.

[@johnalbert5786]

@@whousa642 … it was before she published the Fountainhead.

[@whousa642]

@@johnalbert5786 not

[@dennishackethal]

@@whousa642this was written in 1940. Atlas Shrugged was published in 1957. The fountainhead was published in 1943. According to the Ayn Rand Institute, she wrote this short story while working on the fountainhead. I doubt the short story portrays her own thought processes while writing as I’d be surprised if she had had to grapple with as many second-handed thoughts.

[@whousa642]

@@dennishackethal incorrect

[@BlackMita]

Ahhh :'(

[@martinnicholson5263]

Meaning or give me mimi or mouse

[@martinnicholson5263]

Mabey you should preach the gospel

[@danielkohen1777]

He gave up on it all

[@dennishackethal]

My interpretation is the opposite: he decides to look for menial jobs so he can write the story he wants to write now rather than later. Or am I missing something? 🤔

[@martinnicholson5263]

Went to the junkyard

[@martinnicholson5263]

You fixin to go back to jail for stealing