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The Anti-Intellectuality of Donald Trump

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is the type of anti-intellectual, authoritarian mentality that Ayn Rand warned us against in Atlas Shrugged. (Originally published 10/9/2019.)

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Donald Trump is the type of anti-intellectual, authoritarian mentality that Ayn Rand warned us against in Atlas Shrugged.

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

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Philosophy as a Weapon for Success | Yaron Brook, Tim Vieira & Miguel AmorimLopes – Porto

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

Yaron Brook is live 🔴 in Porto, Portugal. Don't miss his discussion of how philosophy can be used as a weapon for success.

A powerful discussion on how philosophy drives success promoting happiness— withYaron Brook, Tim Vieira, and Miguel Amorim Lopes.Live from Porto, supported b...

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

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Do Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Get Why Nations Fail? | Robertas Bakula

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

Do Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Get Why Nations Fail? Listen to Robertas Bakula's talk from OCON 2025.

This talk was recorded live on July 2nd in Boston, MA as part of the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference and is available on the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast stream. Listen and subscribe wherever you…

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The president has no ‘foreign policy’ discretion to impose sweeping global tariffs

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

"Congress alone has the constitutional power to tax and to regulate foreign commerce, and it cannot delegate this power to the president in such unlimited fashion." Read
@benbayer.bsky.social's latest article in the OC Register.

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The president’s real foreign policy discretion over trade applies only in wartime against specific belligerents—not in perpetuity and even against our allies.

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

AynRandCon-Europe returns April 17–19, 2026 in Porto, Portugal—and registration is officially open! If you're new to Ayn Rand's ideas and want to dive in, this conference is for you.

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How Friendship Can Be Selfish

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 4d

When you sign up for ARI's online journal, 'New Ideal,' you'll receive a free digital copy of 'Illuminating Ayn Rand,' a book that sheds light on some little-discussed yet interesting facets of Rand’s life and career. Join today: buff.ly/bg5DZS6

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 6d

How Friendship Can Be Selfish

Tristan de Liège and Gregory Salmieri discuss Ayn Rand’s conception of friendship as a fundamentally egoistic activity, and why altruism and friendship are incompatible.

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Never Forget – or Forgive – the Ongoing Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 7d

Secular commentators should not let the Epstein scandal or a new Pope distract them from the Church’s historic crimes.

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Secular commentators should not let the Epstein scandal or a new Pope distract them from the Church’s historic crimes

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 9d

AynRandCon-Europe returns April 17–19, 2026 in Porto, Portugal—and registration is officially open! If you're new to Ayn Rand's ideas and want to dive in, this conference is for you.

Super Early Bird pricing is available through Nov 7, so don't wait! buff.ly/Pj7khPS

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 11d

When you sign up for ARI's online journal, 'New Ideal,' you'll receive a free digital copy of 'Illuminating Ayn Rand,' a book that sheds light on some little-discussed yet interesting facets of Rand’s life and career. Join today: buff.ly/bg5DZS6

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 12d

Integrating Science and Free Will

Kevin Mitchell’s book Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will, offers an interesting and unique exploration of how free will relates to biology and neuroscience.

Integrating Science and Free Will

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 13d

AynRandCon-Europe returns April 17–19, 2026 in Porto, Portugal—and registration is officially open! If you're in Europe, new to Ayn Rand's ideas, and want to dive in, this conference is for you.

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 13d

Defending Embryo Screening from Irrational Opposition

In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Mike Mazza and Samantha Watkins discuss the recent controversy and moral critiques of modern embryo screening tech created by the Silicon Valley startup, Orchid.

Defending Embryo Screening from Irrational Opposition

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 13d

In a thorough and concise letter, Ayn Rand defends her ideas against an egregious misrepresentation that appeared in a review of her first nonfiction book "For the New Intellectual."

📷: J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10).

Rand Defends Her Ideas Against Misrepresentation: From the New, Expanded Edition of Letters of Ayn Rand

A thorough and concise correction of an egregious review

Mass Deportations Will Leave Homes Unbuilt in America

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 14d

People seeking to build in America will face challenges due to the mass deportations agenda.

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People seeking to build in America will face challenges due to the mass deportations agenda

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How Epic Games Is Looting the Store That Apple Visionaries Built

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 14d

Apple finally appeals the unjust expropriation of its business. Read why they should win 👇

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When “informed choice” means forcing Apple to advertise its rivals, something’s upside-down. The court just handed the keys to Apple’s Platform to Epic Games – rent-free. Is this justice or plunder?

“The Most Miserable Experience” Ayn Rand Ever Had: The Battle over Night of January 16th

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 14d

Ayn Rand’s Broadway hit put the audience on trial—but behind the curtain, Rand faced a trial of a different kind: a battle to defend her artistic vision:

Ayn Rand’s Broadway hit put the audience on trial—but behind the curtain, she struggled to defend the integrity of her artistic vision.

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What Was Ayn Rand’s View of ‘Conservatism’?

Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 14d

91 years ago today, Ayn Rand saw a dream realized when “Woman on Trial” opened at the Hollywood Playhouse.

A year later, the play’s Broadway run became, in Rand’s words, “the most miserable experience” of her life.

Read the full story below 👇

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 15d

Because “conservatism” is intellectually bankrupt, Rand saw it as not just ineffectual but actually destructive of freedom. She was proven correct. (Originally published 6/30/2021.)

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Because “conservatism” is intellectually bankrupt, Rand saw it as not just ineffectual but actually destructive of freedom. She was proven correct.

The Objectivist summer conference (OCON) is the premier gathering of Ayn Rand fans.

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Ayn Rand Institute @aynrandinstitute.bsky.social · 16d

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