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April 21, 2004
Online chat with Drs. Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate on April 23rd!
On April 23rd at 5:30 PM (Pacific) Drs. Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate will be guests of Objectivism Online for a one hour moderated public chat. The purpose of the chat is to meet students interested in Objectivism, The Ayn Rand Institute, or the Objectivist Academic Center, and to answer their questions. Non-students are welcome as well. (Drs Brook and Ghate do not necessarily endorse the content of www.objectivismonline.net or of its chat room and their appearance as guests during this public chat should not be construed as such.)
Update: The transcript for this chat is now available here.
Technical Details:
The chat will be hosted at the #AynRand IRC channel on Undernet. It may be joined over the web at www.objectivismonline.net/chat or using any IRC client.
About Dr. Yaron Brook:
Dr. Brook is the president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. As a recognized expert on Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, Dr. Brook has been interviewed extensively by the print, radio and television media for the Objectivist position on current events, including the Middle East conflict, terrorism, environmentalism, animal rights, the energy crisis and religion. Among his recent interviews have been appearances on Talk Back Live (CNN), Your World with Neil Cavuto (Fox News Channel), The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Channel), Alan Keyes Is Making Sense (MSNBC) and At Large With Geraldo Rivera (Fox News Channel).
About Dr. Onkar Ghate:
Dr. Ghate is a Senior Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute where he teaches in the Institute's Objectivist Academic Center. This past academic year he taught a year-long undergraduate course on Objectivism and a year-long undergraduate course on Philosophy. He has lectured on philosophy and Objectivism throughout North America. Dr. Ghate received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Calgary.
About ObjectivismOnline.NET:
ObjectivismOnline.NET is a student-run online community created to bring together the vast marketplace of Objectivist ideas, commentary on current events, essays written by intellectuals, discussion with Objectivists, and the vast number of other Objectivist websites that have spread across the Internet.
About #AynRand on UnderNet
#AynRand is the only realtime Objectivist chat room on the Internet.
Active for many years, it has hosted moderated discussions, been the topic of some controversy, helped many people understand the philosophy better, introduced business associates and even romantic partners. #AynRand is owned by Bearster.
Posted by David Veksler at April 21, 2004 2:25 AM
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I'll be busy at that time, so I do hope you keep a transcript available.
Posted by: Daniel at April 7, 2004 11:34 AM
I'm there! This is a fantastic idea. Good work, guys.
Posted by: Chris at April 7, 2004 3:21 PM
Is #aynrand on undernet suspending their entrance exam for this event?
Also, #aynrand is not the only realtime Objectivist chat room on the internet. #geekspeak (populated by many members of the original #aynrand) has had the longest continuous existence of any Objectivist chat channel.
Posted by: sara at April 13, 2004 7:57 PM
What happened to my comment?
Posted by: sara at April 13, 2004 10:07 PM
Sara,
I was concerned too. I contacted ARI and they assured me that everyone would be welcome and nobody would be kicked or banned.
Betsy
Posted by: Betsy at April 23, 2004 9:06 AM
I am a business student trying to gain some knowledge... In the objectivist's view, should corporations have a role in supporting services such as education, transportation and healthcare? Is there any rational self-interest in doing so? If their promotion of social services improves the societies in which they operate their business, does that improve their own long-term sustainability? As an example, a company operating in Thailand voluntarily trains officials on Avian flu -- no promise of any near-term reward, but what if it improves the market in which they do business? Happy to hear views - I am fond of they philosophy, but no expert! What about other government services? Can private enterprise replace governments role of providing those? Would they, if government were truely relegated to a pure security role? Would society be better off - would increase in economic wealth benefit society as a whole without government taxation? I need an experts view...
Posted by: Mark at February 26, 2006 10:28 AM
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