While I don’t believe that everything we have, every great achievement has come from ‘independent work of some independent mind’, I believe much advancement comes from collaborative communities. I admire the pursuit of life on my own terms. The creative process and the struggle to better one’s self.

The statement:

“The choice is not self-sacrifice or domination. The choice is independence or dependence.”

appears clear, perhaps too clear. I increasingly see the value in interdependence. Networks of individuals arranged by topologies of interest, created and reforming organically through the collective consciousness of our shared stories.

To that end, I find Ayn Rand’s text inspirational.

(See also: Howard Roark’s Courtroom Speech From The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand)
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(See also: Amazon: The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand)
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(See also: Wikipedia: The Fountainhead)