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Our First Times Reading Atlas Shrugged

2,100 views · Published 1 August 2017 · 15:07 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Ayn Rand Institute · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

Here's a short conversation between Greg Salmieri and me (Ben Bayer) about our experience reading Atlas Shrugged for the first time. For those of you who have read Atlas before, what can you say to those who haven't read it about your general experience reading it for the first time? Remember: NO PLOT SPOILERS!

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