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by ayn rand

THE FOUNTAINHEAD

Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead is not merely a story of architectural rivalry; it is a profound philosophical investigation into "Individualism versus Collectivism, not in Politics but in Man’s Soul". Through the journey of its protagonist, Howard Roark, Rand projects her vision of the "ideal man"—a self-sufficient creator who serves as

Society and Culture
People
First Commandment

SACRED ALGORITHM #1

Chapter 1: Lex Primatus - The Law of Primacy You shall have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:3) In the late 1990s, a peculiar cultural phenomenon began to take shape in the sprawling suburbs of America, a quiet revolution not of politics or protest, but of plastic. It was

Politics
People
left vs right

LEFT VS RIGHT: ON GOVERNANCE AND POWER

A Personal Political Philosophy A quick bit of background: I grew as a child of Apartheid in South Africa, with all the concomitant benefits - most notably, good schooling and even University bursary. My family deemed me 'left', but it was more complicated than that. I thought white people had

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needs wants and fears

THE TRIFECTA OF TYRANNICAL EMOTIONS

Need, Want, and Fear—and the Quiet Surrender of Human Agency I'll be honest with you - today's sermon kinda sucked. So, the mind wanders - as it is wont to do. And I started thinking - making my own sermon along the way. There are three emotions that quietly tyrannise

Strategy
Technology
elon vs south africa

YOU DON'T HATE RICH PEOPLE ENOUGH - BECAUSE YOU ARE STUPID

I have just reread Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged'. You can watch the on YT - it is the story of the men (and women) of substance who withdrew their abilities from society because they were despised. Then I watched this interview, about business people leaving South Africa (my country of

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People
atlas shrugged

ATLAS SHRUGGED AND GOD SMILED

Ayn Rand’s tome - Atlas Shrugged - had a profound influence on me when I was younger. I reread it recently and wanted to formulate some ideas to reconcile what I think and what I believe. What I believe is summarised in a book I wrote recently called ‘Sacred Operating

Society and Culture
Politics
WHY INSTITUTIONS SURVIVE

THE SHIRKY PRINCIPLE

Why are hospitals hotbeds of infection, instead of safe, sterile spaces? Why do school administrators tinker with the curriculum, resulting in literacy and numeracy rates becoming worse? Why do organisations like Centrelink (administrators of the dole in Australia) become such massive, powerful bureaucracies? Dyson doesn’t want to solve the dust

Society and Culture
THE ION AGE

THE ION AGE

Every wannabe futurist wants to pick the future before it happens — but the vast majority really only identify trends when the trends are already obvious. The most famous ones are creative about the labels they apply to the next stage of the trend. This is helpful in discussing the

Politics
Society and Culture
THE PROBLEM WITH MIGRANTS

THE PROBLEM WITH MIGRANTS

Immigration is an issue, I am sure you will agree. As an immigrant, I have something to say. Let’s start with a story: A victim of a religiously motivated attack is hospitalised. His injuries are serious, but not life-threatening. The hospital, as you can imagine, is busy dealing with multiple

Society and Culture
LIVING IN PARADISE

LIVING IN PARADISE

To understand the full power of the Ten Commandments, it is useful to imagine what a society would look like if it achieved perfect adherence to them. This is not a realistic scenario—human beings are fallible, and perfect obedience to any moral code is impossible. But as a thought experiment,

Society and Culture
Strategy
WHEN MAPS FAIL

WHEN MAPS FAIL

Napoleon's Russian Catastrophe and the Modern Crisis of Outdated Models On 24 June 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte stood on the banks of the Niemen River, reviewing what was arguably the largest invasion force Europe had ever assembled. The Grande Armée—615,000 soldiers drawn from across the French Empire and its allies—stretched as

Society and Culture
moses and the 10 commandments

THE GOLDEN CALF: ISRAEL'S BURDEN THEN AND NOW

Christianity is unique amongst all religions. It is the ONLY religion that does not require works. The reason I am pessimistic about the 'Jewish' question ever being solved peacefully, is because I believe that they have wandered off the path God wants for them. This article / video explains why

Politics
Society and Culture
THE IDEOLOGY OF HITLER’S ‘Mein Kampf’

THE IDEOLOGY OF HITLER’S ‘Mein Kampf’

I had never read Mein Kampf. Like most people, I just assumed Hitler was a mad man not worthy of study, beyond snippets offered in school history text books. But the frequency by which seemingly ordinary people were called ‘Nazis’ made me realise I don’t actually know what a Nazi

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Politics
JEWS AND NAZIS ARE MORE ALIKE THAN YOU THINK

JEWS AND NAZIS ARE MORE ALIKE THAN YOU THINK

Trigger warning: If this piece triggers you, you probably misread it. The point here isn’t to bash Jews, Hamas, Hitler, or any specific group. It’s about how human groups work—period—and why we judge some of them by rules we don’t apply to others. Let’s start with the comparison that will

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People
Great oscilation

LEFT vs RIGHT: AN EXISTENTIAL CROSSROADS

The world, in its dizzying complexity, often invites us to seek simplicity. While the nuances of individual character are infinite, human history suggests that our collective worldviews tend to cluster into two distinct archetypes. These are not merely political labels like 'left' and 'right', though they often manifest there. Rather,

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Technology
LESSONS FROM 'THE PILL' THAT WE NEVER LEARNED

LESSONS FROM 'THE PILL' THAT WE NEVER LEARNED

My conclusion is that we may have to burn down the joint - that is if we don’t make some critical changes. There are (always) existential threats to society. We don’t always recognise them for what they are at inception. Ironically they are not that hard to fix. In this

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People
DEAR JEW, LET'S FIX THIS

DEAR JEW, LET'S FIX THIS

(or how to abolish antisemitism) I reference many (historical) minorities, but I am mainly thinking about the Jews. As a Christian, the idea of ‘Jew’ is important to me. I am wondering why, of ALL the minorities in the world, antisemitism is so pervasive? The Jews harp on about it,

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People
RACISM: A CONVENIENT MYTHOLOGY

RACISM: A CONVENIENT MYTHOLOGY

The origins of racism are often framed as if racial ideology emerged first and then drove centuries of domination, exploitation, and inequality. Yet when we return to first principles and examine the historical record with a clear sociological lens, a different picture emerges — one in which racism is not

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People
WHAT IS A WORLD WITHOUT WHITE MEN?

WHAT IS A WORLD WITHOUT WHITE MEN?

Writing about white men is a modern taboo. Despite any assurance I may offer, I doubt the average reader will accept on face value that this is not racist. I am in full agreement with Frank Zanu (Benin-born, African American thinker) that racism doesn’t actually exist. Once you get that

Politics
People
CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND JUDAISM — THE FAULT LINES

CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM AND JUDAISM — THE FAULT LINES

My usual writing is more assertive. However, this subject is sufficiently complex that what follows is more speculative theory than a blunt attempt at persuasion. I am acutely aware of my own worldview and biases, and I make allowances for them where possible. I believe that Islam, as it is

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People
It’s the CULTURE stupid

It’s the CULTURE stupid

Culture is the invisible script that nations recite without rehearsal, the unspoken bylaws dictating how societies stumble, soar, or self-sabotage; just as surely as they govern the boardrooms of businesses and the backrooms of bureaucracies. We toss the word around like confetti at a TED Talk, invoking it to explain

Politics
THE FOLLY OF REPARATIONS CLAIMS

THE FOLLY OF REPARATIONS CLAIMS

The modern discourse surrounding historical injustice is often dominated by two persistent and mutually reinforcing phenomena: the entrenchment of a victim mindset within certain identity groups and the corresponding demand for ongoing claims for reparations. This dynamic, while rooted in genuine historical wrongs, has evolved into a self-perpetuating cycle that

People
Politics
Jewish flag

JEWS: EXCEPTIONALISM, RESILIENCE, AND THE QUEST FOR EQUITABLE COEXISTENCE

Imagine it's 167 BCE in ancient Judea, a dusty corner of the Seleucid Empire where a band of rebels called the Maccabees are lighting oil lamps in a desecrated temple. They've just kicked out the Greek overlords who tried to stamp out their weird monotheistic ways— no more pig sacrifices,

People
Everything you need to know about the Bondi Massacre in Dec 25

Everything you need to know about the Bondi Massacre in Dec 25

It pains me to write this... but I will lay out a summary of the events and what will happen over the next month or so, and then you can skip reading and obsess all about it. It is so predictable, it is tedious. The attack was politically motivated. The

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In the beginning

In the Beginning

Open the Hebrew Bible and the very first word you encounter is Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) — “In the beginning.” Centuries later, the Gospel of John begins with a deliberate echo: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Two beginnings, separated by

People
red pill on immigration

Love thy neighbour, BUT...

Uncontrolled and illegal immigration represents a conundrum for Christians. Or does it? It is only human to feel threatened in the face of rapid socio-cultural transformation, and that includes the changing face of your community when people no longer look like you. Is this a human instinct to be resisted

People
fuentes

Why the world needs Nick Fuentes

Lara Logan has unlocked one of the great mysteries of the Left vs Right debate for me. And it is particularly salient after the Nick Fuentes and Piers Morgan ‘debate’ blew up online. (Dec 25) Lara argues that many of today’s biggest “crises” share the exact same pattern on purpose:

People
winners and losers

Why do the weak win?

Why did the US lose in Vietnam? Why do small immigrant groups capture healthy western democracies? Why did the 'weaker sex' get to defeat the patriarchy? Why "Weak" Parties Often Win? From a pure strategic, evolutionary, and systems perspective, "strength" (military firepower, economic dominance, institutional control, demographic majority) is almost

People
What Is Framing?

What Is Framing?

In the spring of 1981, two psychologists at Stanford University presented a group of students with what seemed like a straightforward public health scenario. Imagine, they said, that the United States is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian disease, which is expected to kill 600 people. Two alternative

People
The Science behind Framing

The Science behind Framing

Dr. Antonio Damasio was puzzled. The patient sitting across from him in his University of Iowa clinic appeared perfectly normal in almost every way. Elliot, as we'll call him, was articulate, intelligent, and possessed an excellent memory. His IQ tests came back normal. He could discuss complex topics with sophistication

Strategy
Types of Frames

Types of Frames

The email arrived in Maria Santos's inbox on a Tuesday morning, and at first glance, it seemed like any other piece of corporate communication. The subject line read: "Important Update on Your Health Benefits." But as Maria opened the message and began reading, she realized she was witnessing something remarkable—a

Technology
Framing and Identity

Framing and Identity

On a cold February morning in 1960, four young Black men walked into the Woolworth's department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and sat down at the whites-only lunch counter. They ordered coffee and doughnuts. When the waitress refused to serve them, they remained seated. They had brought textbooks and began

Society and Culture
Confusing change with progress

Confusing change with progress

In a previous piece I encourage people to question their beliefs. I asked the question: Why do people follow/subscribe to popular thoughts and ideas? It is a question that probably has several answers rather than one, but high on that list for me is the propensity people have for confusing

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