{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-15 21:30:49 UTC","author_name":"Narwhal (narwhal)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/narwhal","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3938997","html":"I can appreciate Atlas Shrugged as a well constructed narrative, but I disagree with <i>a lot<\/i> of its philosophical framework. The system of Objectivism is incredibly reductive of the nature of art, promotes a presumptuous and obstinate engagement of epistemology grounded only on loose empiricism, and effectively romanticizes the prospect of being a totally selfish jerk to everyone around you."}