Okay, so I'm a lapsed Objectivist. Haven't affiliated with any of the various branches which lead away from the original NBI/ARI trunk, nor with the original trunk. I need to be educated as to the difference between these different Objectivist followings to determine where I should be. Can anyone objectively describe the differences and similarities in the Objectivist thinking of SOLO, TOC, ARI, OL, etc. FYG - I first read AS when I was sixteen, 39 years ago. I've read Rand's other works, and subscribed for a few years to the Objectivist (published then by NBI). Couldn't afford the lectures at NBI back then, although I heard part of one while their office was still at the Empire State Building. Never left the philosophy, although over the years have found myself skirting between what I felt was correct and what I felt was necessary (or pragmatic). So how has thought or reasoning on Objectivism changed over the past 39 years? My wife bought me my first hardbound edition of AS for Christmas, and I re-read it for the sixth or seventh time. I find it as re-assuring, and inspiring as I did when I was sixteen, and, as every other time, I find myself re-examining my objectivism, and gauging myself. So I'd like to see what different thought processes and growth have shaped Objectivism today (and hoping I'll find most of them to be consistent). So...can anyone start with the basics?
