[ridesthemiles]

Is this person an offspring of Ayn Rand?

[poconopundit]

Is this person an offspring of Ayn Rand?

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Interesting question. And I think there are parallels. Ayn Rand was focused on the cultivating the power of the individual against the State and low expectations. Rand lionized an individual man’s achievement against all odds. That was her savior of civilization.

Clearly Taleb treasures the entrepreneur as the basic building block of commerce. Beyond that, its about having the right systems — the correct framework to fight bureaucracy, diversify, and put people in authority at the local level (”bottoms up”). That’s my take.