Eliot B
boosted
"When Marc Andreessen describes liberation as freedom from 'having to pretend to care about other people at dinner parties,' when venture capitalists celebrate 'disruption' that destroys communities while enriching investors, when tech platforms optimize for engagement regardless of democratic consequences—they’re not just acting selfishly."
~ Mike Brock
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-birth-of-the-sociopath-why-smart
Zoe Williams surveys the landscape of self-help books right now, noting,
"If you yearn for an Ayn Randian existence of absolute self-reliance, there are plenty of bestsellers that can help. They may not make you happier though."
Contra the "Trumpy" philosophy of this literature, she cites psychotherapist Manu Bazzano, who observes,
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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“It boils down to this. The measure of mental health in a person is the degree of their interest in others. That could be their neighbours, or it could be social and political.”
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
/4
"They’re evangelizing a worldview where selfishness is wisdom and concern for others is performance.
This spreads through elite networks, through media that treats cynicism as insight, through algorithmic systems that reward sociopathic behavior with attention and profit."
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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Zoe Williams surveys the landscape of self-help books right now, noting,
"If you yearn for an Ayn Randian existence of absolute self-reliance, there are plenty of bestsellers that can help. They may not make you happier though."
Contra the "Trumpy" philosophy of this literature, she cites psychotherapist Manu Bazzano, who observes,
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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"When Marc Andreessen describes liberation as freedom from 'having to pretend to care about other people at dinner parties,' when venture capitalists celebrate 'disruption' that destroys communities while enriching investors, when tech platforms optimize for engagement regardless of democratic consequences—they’re not just acting selfishly."
~ Mike Brock
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
/1
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-birth-of-the-sociopath-why-smart
"They’re evangelizing a worldview where selfishness is wisdom and concern for others is performance.
This spreads through elite networks, through media that treats cynicism as insight, through algorithmic systems that reward sociopathic behavior with attention and profit."
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
/2
"When Marc Andreessen describes liberation as freedom from 'having to pretend to care about other people at dinner parties,' when venture capitalists celebrate 'disruption' that destroys communities while enriching investors, when tech platforms optimize for engagement regardless of democratic consequences—they’re not just acting selfishly."
~ Mike Brock
#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
/1
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-birth-of-the-sociopath-why-smart
Yogthos
and 2 others
boosted
new ayn rand just dropped
#argentina #milei #javierMilei #bailout #uspol #aynRand #atlasShrugged #meme #memes #libertarian #libertarians #libertarianism
new ayn rand just dropped
#argentina #milei #javierMilei #bailout #uspol #aynRand #atlasShrugged #meme #memes #libertarian #libertarians #libertarianism