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This pragmatism is a faith that recalls nothing so much as the objectivist philosophy of the novelist and social critic Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged), which Greenspan has studied intently. During long nights at Rand's apartment and through her articles and letters, Greenspan found in objectivism a sense that markets are an expression of the deepest truths about human nature and that, as a result, they will ultimately be correct...
...dreamers and the philosophically inclined (especially the social studies fanatics of Harvard), the Harvard Objectivist Club (HOC) welcomes interested students to attend its weekly meetings, lectures and videotape viewings. Ayn Rand, mother of Objectivism, preached "objective reality, reason, rational self-interest and capitalism." According to HOC President Joseph C. Anderson `99, philosophical experience is helpful but not necessary for understanding guest lecturers and essay discussions. "One can still grasp Rand's meaning," notes Anderson, "without being an expert on continental philosophy or the English empiricists." Oh goodie. E-mail hoc@hcs.harvard.edu for meeting times and more information. Happy pondering...
...extinction. Nonetheless, Tom Jr., who became IBM president in 1952, never retreated. He recruited electronics experts and brought in luminaries like computer pioneer John von Neumann to teach the company's engineers and scientists. By 1963, IBM had grabbed an 8-to-1 lead in revenues over Sperry Rand, the manufacturer of Univac...
COMPUTER The revolution started in 1951 with UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer), the first commercial computer in the U.S. Built in 1951 for Remington-Rand Corp., it contained 5,000 vacuum tubes. Today's chip-powered machines, sold by the millions, pack more power than UNIVAC into a laptop...
...Philosophy tutorial was talking about the categorical imperative and why Kant was wrong to propose its unconditional supremacy over the hypothetical imperative. He attacked the premise of autonomous will in an argument by reductio ad absurdum, taking it to the Objectionist extreme as put forth by Ayn Rand. I was all, like, impressed, and wanted to show him that I was smart too, so I was about to bring up the need for primary AND secondary laws in a society--and then I farted. Everyone heard me, even the proseminar on Hegel next door! I was so embarrassed...