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Rumor has it that John Carmack is an Objectivist, which puts this statement into context.
by axiom 18y ago
Rumor has it that John Carmack is an Objectivist, which puts this statement into context.
- DaniFong 18y agoAh, thanks, that does shed some light.
- walterk 18y agoHis wife, Anna Kang, definitely is (started Fountainhead Entertainment). That practically guarantees that Carmack is, because it's highly unlikely an Objectivist would marry a non-Objectivist. What baffles me is, how on earth do id and Fountainhead games exemplify Objectivist ideals?
- yummyfajitas 18y agoWhy can't an objectivist marry a non-objectivist? If Carmack were a socialist, it would be unlikely: to an objectivist, socialist views would suggest moral decay. That could hurt a marriage. But if Carmack's views are not too far off, she could simply view him as mistaken. Why not marry him under those circumstances? (Note: I really don't know the social details of objectivism, e.g. how cultish it really is in practice. Just the basic philosophy.)
- walterk 18y agoIt's possible, but Objectivism's different from your average ideology in that who you take as your significant other must itself be determined by Objectivist ideals. (That's how Rand wrote it, at least.) In practice, there are probably Objectivists who don't take it that far, but I'm betting Anna Kang isn't one of them. By the way, noticed you're at Courant. Do you know Adi, by any chance?
- yummyfajitas 18y agoI realize that; Dagney's railroad skillz are what give Rand's fantasy men a boner, and vice versa for Galt. I totally understand that, and have similar tastes. John Galt is the ideal, but Carmack comes pretty close, I'd expect. Even if his reasoning isn't perfect, I suspect the rest of his resume would make up for that. Don't know Adi.
- walterk 18y agoReally? I don't know what he's done aside from id and Armadillo, and he's obviously a mathematical genius, but I can't quite see Doom, Quake, etc. and their underlying technology as "prime mover" material. And I actually think it's kind of hilarious that Fountainhead Entertainment would make "Doom RPG", or even be an entertainment company to begin with. Rand, I'm sure, is rolling in her grave.
- michaelneale 18y agoWhat is an objectivist? (I read wikipedia but I am not sure what this refers to).
- DabAsteroid 18y agoObjectivism is the philosophy of writer Ayn Rand. Objectivists are followers of that philosophy. The words Objectivism and Objectivist are usually capitalized. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand