Sam Harris vs Ayn Rand

Sam Harris gives his opinion on the famous author and her philosophy of Objectivism.

Ayn Rand - How Is This Still A Thing? : Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)

Ayn Rand's Ideas: An Introduction - Ayn Rand Center


These videos are presented to you merely as food for thought. I am NOT an Objectivist. – Mark

1959 – The Mike Wallace Interview: Ayn Rand
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These videos are presented to you merely as food for thought. I am NOT an Objectivist. – Mark

Ayn Rand on Ayn Rand
Since I started my weblog, I have been introduced to the philosophy of Ayn Rand. One of the books she wrote is Atlas Shrugged. Her philosophy of life is Objectivism, of which she is the originator.

I am NOT an Objectivist and nor, to my knowledge, are many Brits. I therefore thought it would be interesting to explore Ayn Rand's ideas with you today.

Objectivism, as I understand it, is a philosophy of life diametrically-opposed to Christianity, Islam, or any other faith.

Because of the growing influence of Islam in the West, and because the West seems to be ‘going astray’ and seems incapable of finding the strength to compete with that competing 'religion', I thought it would be very interesting and useful to explore and discuss Ayn Rand’s body of ideas on this forum.

I would be very interested to read your comments on the following three interviews which took place in the USA in 1959. Ayn Rand, a Russian immigrant to the US, is interviewed by Mike Wallace. I think you will find these interviews enlightening and interesting, even if you might disagree with the ideas expressed therein.

These interviews are in ‘black and white’. You will sometimes lose Ayn Rand from focus because of the haze of smoke billowing from Mike Wallace’s mouth. Please be tolerant. This was 1959, not 2007! (How interviewing styles have changed!)

The Mike Wallace Interview (1959)

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