@zedshaw I've always considered ayn rand a speculative fiction author -creates alternate world that works differently to explore ideas
Watching the Atlas Shrugged movie while I practice guitar. Quote: "Congress passes the Fair Price Act." This *is* science FICTION.
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@timocratic@zedshaw Now if only she had been able to actually write an interesting character.
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@zedshaw@timocratic Little did they know you only have to setup a straw man earth history.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zedshaw religion or socio-economic theory. My point exactly. 90% of sci-fi is straw man universe to speculate about sociology/psyschologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zedshaw preachy kind gets old and she's the worst sort "if people worked like this, this is how the world would be." inverse of good sci-fiThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zedshaw I much prefer "if the universe were like this, this is how people would work"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zedshaw It's hardly more than a Philippic fable that takes umbrage against a future that would never happen based on a present that didn't.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zedshaw What guitar(s) do you play?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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