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A review by maxpatiiuk
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
5.0
The story is interesting but not as educational as I would have hoped.
There are basically the good guys, and the bad guys, and nothing in the middle. Real world is not black and white like that but has all shades of gray in between.
Additionally, some faults of capitalism like negative externalities (i.e, environmental pollution) and positive externalities (i.e, education) are not mentioned in the book.
Still, I love how this book teaches you:
- to think with your mind, rather than your heart
- to demand fair rewards for all the services you do
- to not expect to be rewarded unless you produce value
- and similarly, to expect to be rewarded based on how much value you produce for the socieity
There are basically the good guys, and the bad guys, and nothing in the middle. Real world is not black and white like that but has all shades of gray in between.
Additionally, some faults of capitalism like negative externalities (i.e, environmental pollution) and positive externalities (i.e, education) are not mentioned in the book.
Still, I love how this book teaches you:
- to think with your mind, rather than your heart
- to demand fair rewards for all the services you do
- to not expect to be rewarded unless you produce value
- and similarly, to expect to be rewarded based on how much value you produce for the socieity