Intro for Truthbringer

[Truthbringer]

Personally, I am a late 20's guy that's been working as a software engineer for a few years and am exploring other career options for a time. I game casually when I'm otherwise unoccupied by work, learning or social life.

In Eve, I primarily mission in Amarr space with my main Truthbringer. He is 70M+ SP Amarr focused, highlights are fleet command ships, dread, carrier, orca and standard everything else except dictor. I'm inquiring into your corp because I saw a recruitment channel reference that sparked my interest.

[musashi]

Welcome to the forums Truthbringer. Any relation to Stormbringer?

70 M sp is a big number you have many different capabilities. Did you train your toon up from day one or pick him up from a friend? Not that it matters much - just gives people a better understanding of your game experience.

Have you ever read any of the Ayn Rand novels?

[Truthbringer]

There is no relation to storm. It relates to my objective, skeptical lifestyle. I started with this guy shortly after release. I have played very actively as a corp director, enjoyed communal activities, solo adventures of sorts and taken extended leave. I'm looking to extend my current solo activities to a more social environment, hence the interest.

I have yet to read Ayn Rand's works, but The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged are in my read queue in the mountain of literature on my wall, which feels somewhat akin my EVEMon skill plan. Which do you recommend?

[musashi]

I found Atlas by far to be the more captivating story. In Atlas she uses many more characters and gives multiple examples of how Objective thought flows through a person. And her presentations span broad social status. It is obvious to see the ends that can be achieved when a life is lead with superior premises – you win. But in Atlas Rand illustrates the discovery process as well as celebrating the results. I’ve read the book four times (and as you come to know me you may learn that for me at 50 to 100 wpm even one reading is a massive commitment). At first glance the plot appears as a simplistic worlds colliding and collapse story. But in time I sensed a sub-plot, the rise of the Objective thinker, a sort of Phoenix egg developing in its nest as the world moves towards conflagration.

From an editorial perspective one of my few knocks is that Atlas is fat. I think it could have benifited from more of Ayn Rand’s careful reflection and revision. I think she could have made the book even better if she had the time, opportunity and desire to fit the story into a 25% smaller foot print. But in her defense Atlas was a massive project for her. And by the time she finished the book I think she had many demands upon her time.

Fountain Head is good. But in Fountain Head she basically gives us two characters to study, and one is already burnt out (we could quibble about a few other characters). Also notice that in Fountain Head the corruption is able to ultimately hamstring her Objectivist characters. The fruits of success are not the foils to illustrate the heroism for these characters. The heroism is communicated by pursuit of and commitment to ideals, commitment to a process rather than an object. Also to me Fountain Head focuses more on the problems than the solutions. Still a good read.