Is the Objectivist concept of self-esteem partly to blame for the current wave of narcissism?

We usually know what we're going to say before we say it. It's not so obvious how that works..

Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.

Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.

Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.

Down the rabbit hole, but hopefully not into the echo chamber, with today's mental metaphors.

A tiny essay about a guy with a big mustache.

Announcing my rebuttal to Sam Harris' erroneous views on the subject of free will.

My thesis is that John Galt, hero of Ayn Rand's magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, can be regarded as an "alternative Christ." An alternative...

A review of Sam Harris' book that turns inevitably toward the kind of nihilism of "scientific" determinism.