[elfman2]

"There is something almost operatic in the telling: "

Yea, over dramatized, myopic and dark. After studying Objectivism casually for 5 years, it was a downer to log onto HPO and see the best of them eating each other alive over minutia.

I suppose it’s inevitable that such a great and destabilizing power as Objectivist ideas would shake the personal lives of its pioneers, but I’d rather see people use the philosophy to our advantage and get our drama externally.

[jennyp]

At first I was intrigued by the promise of a different take on the story of The Split. But as you say...

"There is something almost operatic in the telling: "

Yea, over dramatized, myopic and dark.

From the review it sounds more Biblical to me. Every God needs a golden boy protege/assistant whose spiritual imperfections causes him to turn on God Him/Herself and become The Satan.

After studying Objectivism casually for 5 years, it was a downer to log onto HPO and see the best of them eating each other alive over minutia.

Yep.