So...What is Atlas Shrugged?
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When asked "What is Atlas Shrugged?", how do you typically respond? An epic novel by Ayn Rand? A story of a dystopian society where the best among us are disappearing? The greatest book ever written?
We're looking for the clearest, most concise, and most compelling answers to help promote the message of Atlas and the film.
So Gulch... what exactly is Atlas Shrugged? Submit a comment on this post with your answer or vote on the answer you think is best. The best answers just might be used on upcoming ASP3 promotional materials and, if your answer is used, you’ll get a special thanks in the credits of the film “Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?”
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When asked "What is Atlas Shrugged?", how do you typically respond? An epic novel by Ayn Rand? A story of a dystopian society where the best among us are disappearing? The greatest book ever written?
We're looking for the clearest, most concise, and most compelling answers to help promote the message of Atlas and the film.
So Gulch... what exactly is Atlas Shrugged? Submit a comment on this post with your answer or vote on the answer you think is best. The best answers just might be used on upcoming ASP3 promotional materials and, if your answer is used, you’ll get a special thanks in the credits of the film “Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?”
This is your chance to not only help spread the word about Ayn Rand and what Atlas Shrugged symbolizes but also... to forever be a part of Atlas Shrugged history.
How long should your answer be? No longer than 15 seconds to say/read. Think of it as an “elevator pitch.” Submit as many answers as you like but please submit them as individual comments.
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As a novel, it is an action-packed, suspenseful story in which the forces of good and evil meet in an ever-growing conflict of values, ideas and actions. Twists and turns of the plot keep you wondering who will win and how the issues will be resolved. A background mystery keeps you wondering what hidden impact it will have on the story. A great, entertaining read!
The book is much more than an enjoyable work of fiction, however. It looks at political systems, evaluates the true measures of a free society and examines the potential for corruption in the system. It teaches valuable lessons about the nature and key requirements of a free market. It also illustrates the flawed execution when altruism creeps into Capitalism. It is a great primer for basic business principles. Finally it presents a social, moral and life philosophy based on strong convictions about living one’s life with absolute integrity.
This work contains critical lessons for our times. It is a book to be read and re-read both for enjoyment and for continued examination of the ideas.
What would happen if those who produce things decide they no longer need the permission of those who produce nothing, to live.
Against this backdrop struggle several heroic men and women of the mind. Most prominent among them are Hank Rearden, a steel magnate, and Dagny Taggart, VP of Taggart Transcontinental, the premier and last national transportation system. These heroes struggle not only against the government and society, but against an unknown force seemingly steeling the people of ability from the world.
Atlas Shrugged is a prescient view of our current society painted more than half a century ago. It identifies a society where those of ability are vilified and asked to support all those who live by treachery, sloth, and free-loading and asks what would happen if they all just disappeared.
A Story...A philosophy...An idea for creating the person you dream about everyday, the person that is inside everybody and everyone. An idea that in a story that is not a self help book or a guide to wealth, but an idea that takes one self to another level of achievement...!
We live, right now, in an information rich environment and have more opportunities than ever in the history of mankind. Atlas puts this into words and ideas that work in any time period....Atlas in is not for everybody, not for the masses that seem to follow each other into eternal normality...one does not have to have an education or high IQ to get the Atlas idea...just a desire....
I think it may be a good time to read, listen and review it again....
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