Sneaker culture is a lot of dudes getting dressed pretending that they’re impressing girls, when they’re actually trying to impress other dudes.

Web3 builder culture is a lot of devs building pretending that they’re impressing the consumer, when they’re actually trying to impress other devs.

The rational actor (consumer) is an imaginary friend that capitalists invented to camouflage greed as humanistic “demand.”

I disagree with Ayn Rand, but at least she was honest in saying:

1) Inspired selfishness is divine
2) We owe civilization to autoerotic megalomania
3) Contrarians inherit the Earth

She was wrong, but I respect her for declaring her wrong take plainly rather than the mealy-mouthed silliness that is contemporary business and economic theory.

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In a broad sense, Ayn Rand is easiest to discredit because she’s a structuralist who is using structuralism to oppose structuralism. 

All structuralism, regardless of politics, breaks down at the moment of deviating repetition.

What i never understood about her: if all behavior is in inherently selfish (sure, ok) wouldn’t selfish behavior that also helped others be more divine? seems you can subtract selfish behavior from both sides of the ethical equation.

2) We owe civilization to autoerotic megalomania

yes thats a part but doesnt game theory poke some holes in that? definitely need cooperation.