Changing the Culture; Saving America

The following is a message relayed for Jason Crawford:

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Fellow Objectivists:

In case you haven’t already seen it, I wanted to let you know that the three-lecture series “Cultural Movements: Creating Change” is available for free on the Ayn Rand Institute’s web site. These are the lectures given by Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate at this summer’s OCON. They are near the top of this page:
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=participate_arc_activism

In my opinion, every Objectivist should hear these lectures.

If you haven’t already heard the lectures, I highly recommend that you watch the videos online. If you have, I suggest that you spread the word among Objectivists you know.

To summarize their importance in my own words: For decades, the repeated theme in the Objectivist movement has been that we must concentrate on influencing academic philosophy in university departments. Now, Drs. Brook and Ghate are saying that it is time for the movement to branch out: that we need intellectual, cultural, and in some cases even political activism in every area, every subject, every industry, every pursuit. Academia is no longer hostile territory for Objectivism, and the culture at large has been softened to our message. It is no longer too early to begin the wider Objectivist Revolution–it has, in fact, already begun–and if we don’t act soon, it may be too late, as religion and environmentalism eat away at the American sense of life.

ARI can’t lead the entire effort–your help is needed. Successes such as Lin Zinser’s group Foundation for Individual Rights in Medicine
(FIRM) or John Allison’s efforts as head of BB&T Bank show us it can be done.

Many OCON attendees, myself included, found the lectures inspiring and motivating. I hope you will too.

Regards,
Jason Crawford