Thanks for the post. Your description of your re-reading of the book is priceless because you are noticing things that many, many people miss on their first reading. A few years ago, Greg Salmieri did an online reading group for Atlas on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. We encouraged people to see a lot of the psychological conflict that you describe--and more. If you're interested, the recordings are here:
Thanks for the post. Your description of your re-reading of the book is priceless because you are noticing things that many, many people miss on their first reading. A few years ago, Greg Salmieri did an online reading group for Atlas on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. We encouraged people to see a lot of the psychological conflict that you describe--and more. If you're interested, the recordings are here:
https://courses.aynrand.org/campus-courses/the-atlas-project/