Selene Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Had a conversation to day that may take the question of this thread in a different direction.So the Randian heroes are not portrayed as simply people with strong individualistic tendencies and creative ideas but (at least in Atlas Shrugged) people who can/do move the world, meaning that they can restart it if/when it goes to hell. So I would rephrase the question as, Do you know of any people, you don't have to know them personally, just be aware of them) that you can say you would take on the Ark if 90% of the population died for whatever reason. These wouldn't necessarily be people that you like or could have a profound conversation with, but people with real world skills needed to rebuild from the ground up, the same as the individuals in the gulch were able to take what they were presented with and create a world that lessers would be envious ofGreat question Derek...I love the final scene of the original Time Machine wherein his lifelong friend looks at each viewer and asks, which three (3) books would you take to the future to rebuild society...A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanwins Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I don't know him personally, but how about the founder of Amazon.com: Jeff Bezos? Amazon.com is one of my favorite companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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