Book · recommended on 4 episodes
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand ISBN 9780451118103
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This book by Ayn Rand has come up 4 times across 3 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 4 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Jimmy Wales, Yaron Brook, Zack Snyder, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-10-02 and the most recent from 2024-03-06. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand. It was Rand's first major literary success and brought her fame and financial success. More than 6.5 million copies of the book have been sold worldwide.
“I pitched them Fountain Head because like I'm a you know I've written this super adaptation of the of that book”— Zack Snyder
The guest here is Zack Snyder: Film director behind 300, Watchmen, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Justice League, Army of the Dead and Rebel Moon. Zack Snyder talks 300, Watchmen, deconstructing superhero myths, bodybuilding obsessives, Netflix's distribution power, and losing his daughter.
“very excited by iron rand and in particular the fountainhead being a real mind-blowing eye-opening book for me”— Jimmy Wales
The guest here is Jimmy Wales: Internet and technology entrepreneur, founder of Wikipedia and co-founder of Wikia/Fandom. He grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, worked as a futures and options trader in Chicago, and later launched the social-news experiment WT Social. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on its dot-com-crash genesis, the failed Nupedia precursor, and designing healthier online communities.
“but doing what they think is right and so I encourage everybody to read it obviously”— Yaron Brook
The guest here is Yaron Brook: Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute, host of The Yaron Brook Show, and one of the world's best-known objectivist thinkers. He co-authored Free Market Revolution and Equal Is Unfair. Objectivist philosopher Yaron Brook makes the full case for Ayn Rand's reason, rational selfishness, and unbridled capitalism.
“fountain head's a better novel fountainhead's superfluous if you read out the shrug first fountain heads about psychology and ethics it's by far the superior book”— guest
The guest here is Michael Malice: Anarchist political thinker, author of Dear Reader and The New Right, and host of the podcast Your Welcome. Known as a witty self-described 'troll' in the Andy Kaufman tradition. Anarchist author Michael Malice spars with Lex Fridman over trolling versus love, the case against democracy, and tearing down institutions.
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