Majority Review: Fountainhead

I had been hearing a lot of negative comments virtually Fountainhead on Twitter. These comments seemed politically motivated, how the mass is a dumb libertarian propaganda. I had to cheque the mass out myself to come across what the bargain is. 

The book started out well. I was surprised to come across that, start this is a novel, too minute this is an slow read. I was waiting an impenetrable intellectual literary text. The mass turned out to readable too initially charming, fifty-fifty though it was written inwards 1940. 

The mass felt similar "The Goal" novel, communicating a concept/idea inwards storey form. The principal guy is this guy, Howard Roark, he is the best architect ever. Rather, he is the God of Architecture. He is architecture inwards flesh. He is similar the best architect ever. The mass is non at all subtle virtually this. He is 1000% dedicated to his craft, too he is the best ever, too he brings out his uncompromised gift inwards every edifice he designs. He is uncorruptable too willing to endure for his art. The start quarter of the mass felt similar competence porn. This Roark guy, he is genuinely competent.

Look, I don't hear the self-help nature of the mass or possibly passing some indoctrination through a novel. And I thought, this would last an OK mass if the writer is going to communicate a well-thought out manifesto/concept inwards the degree of a novel. I am ever game for learning something new.  

But that wasn't where the mass is going. After many hours of listening (the mass is 752 pages), I realized the mass is non going anywhere. This is non a  book, it is a Turkish lather opera, the type which runs on TV for three years amongst a 2-hour weekly episode, where every episode contains a novel implausible shocking tension or revelation. 

Implausible things kept happening that fifty-fifty contradicted the globe the mass created. This socially impaired character, Roark, who can't read humans at all, turned out to anticipate fifty-fifty the most subtle too inner desires (twistedness) of Dominique character. It was weird dude... I don't fifty-fifty want to waste matter words on this. 

I couldn't maintain more, too I concluded the mass does non own got a manifesto/concept to communicate. The mass is a Turkish lather opera, non meant to deliver whatever value, except to perpetuate its existence through sensationalism. I deserted the mass roughly 40%. 

I liked some of the observations, some of the writing inwards the book. I genuinely liked the so-called weak characters more. Peter too Ellsworth's monologues too characters' were to a greater extent than interesting than Roark's too Dominique's. I tried to similar the book, which made me angry virtually how it didn't become anywhere too became a sell-out. 

Was in that place a message?

Maybe if in that place was whatever message, it is virtually non beingness compromised virtually doing dandy work. But that is a baloney message. I similar to tell the spirit of it is right but I am non fifty-fifty certain virtually that. What is this imitation dichotomy virtually non compromising fifty-fifty a unmarried iota from your vision/ideals? It is  dumb. Of class you lot require to compromise.

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I want individual told me. All of us who produce creative work, nosotros acquire inwards it because nosotros own got practiced taste. But in that place is this gap. For the start twosome years you lot brand stuff, it’s but non that good. It’s trying to last good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the matter that got you lot into the game, is notwithstanding killer. And your sense of savor is why your operate disappoints you. A lot of people never acquire past times this phase, they quit. Most people I know who produce interesting, creative operate went through years of this. We know our operate doesn’t own got this particular matter that nosotros want it to have. We all become through this. And if you lot are but starting out or you lot are notwithstanding inwards this phase, you lot gotta know its normal too the most of import matter you lot tin halt produce is produce a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline then that every calendar week you lot volition complete 1 story. It is only past times going through a mass of operate that you lot volition unopen that gap, too your operate volition last equally practiced equally your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to produce this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna own got awhile. It’s normal to own got awhile. You’ve but gotta acquire by your agency through.”

― Ira Glass

Why drib practiced deals for non compromising on stupid petty stuff. If you lot genuinely believed inwards the message/cause (and non but your big f***ing ego), you lot would want to acquire equally much of that goodness out into the world. What is this nonsense virtually the operate beingness compromised past times whatever petty matter you lot would alter virtually it? Provide the 99 per centum of the produce goodness to the world. Don't forgo 100% of the produce goodness because of 1%. This is a no brainer.

Wait, was the message virtually glorifying human equally God? That is fifty-fifty dumber. Anybody who has been human for sometime would know this. We are all operate inwards progress. None of us is perfect. There is no betoken of making a God out of your ego. That is how nosotros acquire Tyrants similar Hitler. 

What virtually Steve Jobs, was he similar Roark? No, I don't recall Steve Jobs was into glorifying himself. He shipped materials that provided value, too he had to brand compromises to deliver. He couldn't own got been 100% satisfied amongst the ipod or iphone, otherwise in that place wouldn't last side past times side generation iPods or iPhones.

Musings

Why architecture?

I approximate architecture was the hot shit inwards the 1940s, form out of similar software developers working on deep learning now. It would last funny if individual did an adaptation of this for software or probable cryptocurrency developers. Ok, I own got it back, it won't last funny. 

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