The other day I walked into my local grocery store, The White Market, and I saw the oranges pictured above. Just the day before I was in the store and there were strawberries for $2.50 a pound. Because I am on the lookout for positive values, I had to stop and marvel at the modern miracle, capitalism, these two things represent. I live in northern Vermont and we are just getting into a bit warmer weather, the temperature this weekend might be in
Category Archives: Success and Positive Values
Success! SpaceX Stage 1 Landing
Success!
Congratulations to everyone involved in the success of today’s landing of SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 first stage rocket! Amazing, amazing achievement to send a full laden rocket, payload headed to the International Space Station, into space and bring its first stage back down to a perfect landing a small barge floating in the Atlantic Ocean. This is a fantastic tribute to the potential of what man’s mind can achieve when he is left
Preventing Concussions – Success and Positive Values
In the April 2nd episode of his Radical Capitalist show on Blogtalkradio, Yaron Brook answered a question about concussions in professional football. The concerns about the long-term brain damage stemming from concussions is an issue facing not just professional sports, but sports at all levels. The local television station, WCAX, has run stories about the issue for some time, including the fact that
Blue Origin – Success and Positive Values
On his April 2nd podcast Yaron Brook answered a question about what the Objectivist Movement 2.0 is about. Check out his complete answer starting at about the 68 minute mark, but in essence it is about creating a community where we “highlight success, highlight successful people, highlight successful values, highlight the positive.”
“A spirit, too, needs fuel. It can run dry.” – Ayn Rand, Ideal
This struck a chord for me as I have been thinking a lot lately about