John Galt

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I just noticed the phrase "Who is John Galt?" on the bottom left side of the ESEE website. I don't know why they put that there but here's the answer. By the way, I don't know if this is just an inside joke between the staff at ESEE but my hope is that it's something more. (Please, be a secret contest!) Sorry, I always go off on tangents. Anyways, John Galt is a fictional character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. (The book was written in 1957.) In the book, John Galt is an inventor and an engineer. Like I said, I'm curious to see if this is just an inside joke or if it's something more. I'll just have to wait and see.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt said:
The book's opening line "Who is John Galt?" becomes an expression of helplessness and despair at the current state of the novel's fictionalized world. Before finding the real John Galt, Dagny Taggart hears a number of legends of Galt. After eventually joining his cause, she learns that all of the stories have an element of truth to them.
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maybe a statement on the current state of the nation?
 
Two reasons the phrase appears on our web site and signature lines of some emails. One, to get folks curious enough to look into it and read "Atlas Shrugged" and Two, to make a statement in few words about our philosophy in business. No joke. Mike
 
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There are a few books out there that will change the way a person thinks or feels for the rest of their lives.

Atlas Shrugged seems to be near the top for many. For me it is probably Unintended Consequences by John Ross.

We definitely need an ESEE forum “Must Read Novels” thread. :D
 
Just a side note about this topic, John Galt is also a tattoo and body piercer that used to work in Auburn, AL, and has since moved to Minnesota. Great guy.

Just wrote all that so I could say, I know John Galt. :)
 
An amazing novel for sure, one of my favorites. I really like the fact that Esee aspires to the ideals set forth in Atlas Shrugged. I feel sometimes like my Izula is the equivalent of Rearden Metal!
 
I like the "general" concept of Atlas Shrugged but also realize it was a pipe dream. I actually hate Rand's writing style even though I like her philosophy. In all seriousness though, the ONLY character worth a shit in in Atlas Shrugged was Ragnar. All the rest, such as Dagney, Rearden, Galt, etc. were fools. Galt was noting more than Rand's wet dream, IMO. Ragnar understood it was all a fallacy from the beginning. He's the only hero in the book. The rest became "heros" because they were forced to but only after they groveled for most of their life thinking they could change a system.

Objectivism is a good philosophy but anyone who follows Rand's philosophy to the letter is actually going against her philosophy.
 
R.A.T. said:
I like the "general" concept of Atlas Shrugged but also realize it was a pipe dream. I actually hate Rand's writing style even though I like her philosophy. In all seriousness though, the ONLY character worth a shit in in Atlas Shrugged was Ragnar. All the rest, such as Dagney, Rearden, Galt, etc. were fools. Galt was noting more than Rand's wet dream, IMO. Ragnar understood it was all a fallacy from the beginning. He's the only hero in the book. The rest became "heros" because they were forced to but only after they groveled for most of their life thinking they could change a system.

Objectivism is a good philosophy but anyone who follows Rand's philosophy to the letter is actually going against her philosophy.
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I agree, it was certainly a novel that I loved at times and absolutely hated at others (particularly John Galt's incredibly redundant 50 page monologue) the entire novel is a bit too fictitous in the sense that the world is not as clear cut as one side that is stearing society into a dismal state of uselessness and another band of righteous industrialists that are humanities only hope. I also disagreed with the fact that Rand romanticized leaders of industry making them seem like the only sincere and honest people on earth when in reality many times the opposite is true.
 
I don't think there is a "stinker" in the entire ESEE lineup. There is something in there for everyone. But I also think when it comes to survival knives, the Izula epitomizes "value for value."

I'm not really a Randite, but my Brother busted my skull open about her and this, in my opinion, is one of the finest lines of thought that Ayn Rand, or anyone else, has ever philosophized on.
 
It's a grand concept, isn't it? You and Mike live it and the world would be a much better place if everyone did.
 
R.A.T. said:
I actually hate Rand's writing style even though I like her philosophy.
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Pretty much how I felt: Really didn't like the book, but sort of felt driven to read it all the way through to its' conclusion; which was sad, and reflective of what is sort of going on in this country today. :(

I actually learned a lot from the 1000 pages, though I forced my way through it.

I really have faith that this is a great country and will pull through this mess. I hope ........
 
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