Did anyone reading this know that Ayn Rand was at the launch of the Apollo 11? She recounts the experience in her publication "The Objectivist", in September, 1969. It was later published in "The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought (1989)". I highly recommend it. You can find it at the Ayn Rand Institute, here:
"Our increasingly connected world has spawned the greatest episode of wealth creation in the history of humanity"
"Connection accelerated the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Connection enabled the recent Colonial Pipeline hack that interrupted 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply" yet apparently "PC viruses have gone from a common problem to virtually nonexistent".
But what IS "connection"? You haven't defined your terms. Based on the very vague and wishy-washy essay, connection seems to mean ANY human interaction. Or did you have something more specific in mind? I can't tell. If the thesis is "human interaction can lead to good or bad outcomes", I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone on earth who disagrees.
An essay worth reading would explore what is meant by "connection". What is the nature of the concept? Why are some kinds of connection good and some kinds bad and what principles can help us tell the difference? Blind assertions and rationalistic thinking won't cut it.
Thanks for the great article.
Did anyone reading this know that Ayn Rand was at the launch of the Apollo 11? She recounts the experience in her publication "The Objectivist", in September, 1969. It was later published in "The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought (1989)". I highly recommend it. You can find it at the Ayn Rand Institute, here:
https://courses.aynrand.org/works/apollo-11/
Thanks, again, for the great article. I'm really enjoying it. Keep up the good work!
"Our increasingly connected world has spawned the greatest episode of wealth creation in the history of humanity"
"Connection accelerated the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Connection enabled the recent Colonial Pipeline hack that interrupted 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply" yet apparently "PC viruses have gone from a common problem to virtually nonexistent".
But what IS "connection"? You haven't defined your terms. Based on the very vague and wishy-washy essay, connection seems to mean ANY human interaction. Or did you have something more specific in mind? I can't tell. If the thesis is "human interaction can lead to good or bad outcomes", I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone on earth who disagrees.
An essay worth reading would explore what is meant by "connection". What is the nature of the concept? Why are some kinds of connection good and some kinds bad and what principles can help us tell the difference? Blind assertions and rationalistic thinking won't cut it.