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The Atlas Prize challenges exceptional young minds to engage deeply with the ideas of Atlas Shrugged and demonstrate the power of their reasoning before a global audience for the chance to win up to $100,000. Get the details at https://t.co/gHFYVD7e2m.

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Jeff Bezos Admirably Defends Wealth Creation

Jeff Bezos delivers an admirable and insightful defense of wealth, demonstrating how one earns a billion dollars and how profitable enterprise drives civilization. Onkar Ghate and @BakulaRobertas analyze his best pro-freedom arguments while exploring the philosophical pitfalls that remain.

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We need your help finding the right creators and influencers to promote our new $100,000 competition, which challenges 16–22-year-olds to analyze, question, defend, or critique the ideas in Atlas Shrugged.

Details on how you can help are in the first comment👇

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Blake Scholl founded Boom Supersonic in 2014 with the audacious goal of making supersonic flight commercially feasible. He spoke at OCON 2017 with a talk—“Who Killed Speed?”—describing the decades-long stagnation in aviation and the prospects for a renaissance. This year, we’re excited to welcome Blake back to the OCON stage to tell us about the significant milestones that Boom has recently achieved—and about the political and philosophical lessons he’s learned building a jet and changing the laws around supersonic flight.

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Marc Andreessen Fails to Recognize the Importance of Introspection

In a recent podcast, billionaire investor and entrepreneur Marc Andreesen proudly claimed he does not introspect . But self-awareness is necessary for the control and innovation that drive business success.

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@BakulaRobertas 📷: Griffin: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / via Getty Images; Mamdani: Spencer Platt / via Getty Images
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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is courageously fighting a “creepy” campaign to tax his wealth, but his defense inadvertently lends support to Mamdani and his socialist supporters. Read @BakulaRobertas's analysis👇

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Projecting Weakness: The Iran War Stalemate and Trump’s China Visit

The Trump administration's lack of strategy has led to an embarrassing stalemate in Iran. Onkar Ghate and @elanjourno discuss the current state of the Iran War as well as Trump's recent visit to China, where he praised Xi Jinping.

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Trump’s Monument-Building vs. American Founding Ideas

President Trump is working to construct new monuments in Washington D.C. and put his name and face on federal buildings and documents. Is the controversy about these insubstantial, or do these symbolic actions have a deeper importance? Sam Weaver and @BenBayer discuss.

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@brandonmlisi @brandonmlisi's short article: https://t.co/0z1VCotUwq

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Explore highlights from Ayn Rand’s five-decade public speaking career, curated by historian and archivist @brandonmlisi. Link in the first comment 👇

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@BenBayer @BenBayer's article: https://t.co/hDidaIUBaL

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Contrary to what most people think, ruthless practicality requires consecration to moral values. Read @BenBayer's short article to start exploring this life-changing perspective👇

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The Atlas Prize challenges exceptional young minds to engage deeply with the ideas of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and demonstrate the power of their reasoning before a global audience for the chance to win up to $100,000. Get the details at https://t.co/RCvlWWKDWK.

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How Effective Is Ken Griffin's Response to Zohran Mamdani?

Ken Griffin thinks sending Animal Farm to NYC 9th graders will stop socialism, but he’s actually handing his attackers the playbook they celebrate. @BakulaRobertas and Onkar Ghate explain why Griffin’s courageous response to Zohran Mamdami was an ineffective moral concession.

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"There’s . . . cause for soul searching here even among those who think of themselves as critics of the Marxist posturing of the Pikers of the world. Why indeed has there been so little attention to and outrage about the terrorizing of corporate America?"

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Bart Ehrman on the Christian Origins of Altruistic Morality

@BenBayer interviews historian Bart Ehrman on how Christianity invented the morality of self-sacrifice, and why this origin is anything but rational.