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August: A 31-Day Discussion of Atlas Shrugged on Second Life

What: In August… We will read and discuss a chapter a day for 30 days, for the 30 chapters of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. The 31st will be an all-day symposium on Galt’s speech. (Please come prepared, having read the chapter-of-the-day on your own!)

When: 8 pm Second Life Time (PDT) for the main discussion, throughout the day with others you meet in the area

Where: The Long Discussion House on sLiterary’s Cookie Island on Second Life

Who: You… and both fans and newbies to Atlas Shrugged

How: By signing up for Second Life here (if you don’t already have an account) then clicking the link above to arrive straight at the Long Discussion House on Cookie.
What if I get lost? Email me or IM me inworld via Ina Centaur

What if I miss a session? All transcripts will be made available on this site. Comments are open for all to post to continue or join in on discussions.

The tech’s here… so… Let’s make this a truly global event. :-D

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10 Responses to “August: A 31-Day Discussion of Atlas Shrugged on Second Life”

  1. tardy-gaited fold Says:
    October 18th, 2007 at 2:17 am

    But what … is it good for? Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.

  2. bawdy whale Says:
    October 19th, 2007 at 12:26 am

    Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872

  3. fobbing valve Says:
    October 21st, 2007 at 9:53 am

    Women should be obscene and not heard — Groucho Marx

  4. impertinent nun Says:
    October 23rd, 2007 at 3:47 am

    Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred — Pico Iyer, Time

  5. Foolish workshop Says:
    October 23rd, 2007 at 4:23 am

    I’m very proud of my gold pocket watch My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch — Woody Allen

  6. deep fan Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 8:43 am

    Under conditions of competion, standards are set by the morally least reputable agent — philosopher/economist John Stuart Mill
    The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there’s no law against whacking them around a bit — Eric Porterfield

    There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably diserable — Mark Twain
    I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it — Groucho Marx

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    October 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

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