BitaTruble
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ORIGINAL: lazarus1983
So while re-reading The Fountainhead, this passage stuck out to me:
"When the fact that one is a total nonentity who's done nothing more outstanding than eating, sleeping and chatting with neighbors becomes a fact worthy of pride, of announcement to the world and of diligent study by millions of readers - the fact that one has built a cathedral becomes unrecordable and unannounceable."
The first thing that went through my head when I read this was twitter. Does anyone else agree/disagree? What are your thoughts?
In context she was specifically talking about the perception of sheeple. That was her gig. The medium is unimportant because ants can't hear the thunder which ties in perfectly with her ideas of Objectivism so I am thinking that no, Twitter would probably have appalled her as just one more way for the sheeple to chit chat and ignore her own (self-identified) wisdom and greatness. Pearls before swine blah blah. Same same but don't be throwing a hissy fit because the swine didn't appreciate the pearls when by your own philosophy they never could.
Thems my two cents for what they are worth. 
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