tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055731550061612061.post1144620466128614961..comments2023-06-01T08:34:58.883-04:00Comments on Musings of a Thinking Muslim: Spin Makes the World Go RoundThinkingMuslimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09918186782767861692noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055731550061612061.post-21033484669331990082009-01-18T19:50:00.000-05:002009-01-18T19:50:00.000-05:00I was like you; I read Atlas Shrugged and a number...I was like you; I read Atlas Shrugged and a number of Rand's other books in college. However, in reading a biography of her, her extra-marital affair showed me certain critical lapses in her thinking process. (IMO, she lacked the ability to make critical assumptions about human nature and emotions, and to extrapolate future events from current actions; i.e., she didn't foresee what would happen when her younger lover left her for a woman closer to his own age. "Hell hath no fury..." really was an understatement in her case.) Likewise, I felt she lacked a moral compass (and this was something I felt long before I became a Muslim; that judgment has only intensified over the years). The financial meltdown has only highlighted, IMO, her lack of understanding about economics, regulation and greed.JDsghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735390644321868222noreply@blogger.com