Ayn Rand Institute(@AynRandInst):Interview with Ben Bayer on Texas Talks Podcast Recently, ARI Senior Fellow @BenBayer was interviewed on the Texas Talks podcast, where he discussed Ayn Rand’s unique approach to philosophy as a practical means for living, the life-promoting philosophy she developed as a result, and how her idealist-realist heroes dramatize it. Bayer contrasted Rand’s approach and views with the dominant ones in today's culture, focusing specifically on Stoicism and altruism.

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Interview with Ben Bayer on Texas Talks Podcast Recently, ARI Senior Fellow @BenBayer was interviewed on the Texas Talks podcast, where he discussed Ayn Rand’s unique approach to philosophy as a practical means for living, the life-promoting philosophy she developed as a result, and how her idealist-realist heroes dramatize it. Bayer contrasted Rand’s approach and views with the dominant ones in today's culture, focusing specifically on Stoicism and altruism.