Introducing John Allison, Libertarian, Objectivist, a man for our times?
http://fee.org/freeman/curing-our-lea...
I've been calling him George Allison here and there by mistake. The former President of the BB&T Bank who had all of his 30,000 employees read Economics In One Lesson by Hazlitt and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand as a condition of employee training and ran the bank into perhaps the one success story of that industry using Randian principles. I'm off to order his books at present, There are two and I didn't spare the pennies using Amazon Prime for faster delivery - but here's a section of the interview which addresses the often argued place of subjective thought in an objective world.
“Objectivity” in this context simply means making logical decisions based on the facts of reality. Obviously, in many situations, we do not have all the facts, nor can we necessarily integrate all the factors that might impact the outcome. So there is a subjective (subconscious and nonmathematical) component based on past experiences that can be part of objective decision making.
However, the dictionary defines subjective as based on personal feelings, taste, and opinions. While there are some individuals who can be successful decision makers because their subconscious integrations are naturally logical, this type of mind is rare. Making decisions on personal, subjective whims often leads to disaster."
Mr. Allison is a former board member of Ayn Rand Institute and at present the President of the Cato Institutes and head of their Economics and Finance Area.
So far I'm impressed and wondering why i don't see his name suggested as a Candidate for much higher office and worthy of support by a wide range of anti-socialist thinkers and doers.
Question: Why are we not seeing people of this caliber instead of the dregs and leavings of the current two faced cesspool of failure? Are we that much in thralldom to the present system of despair with only the excrement of Rinos and Dinos from which to choose?
Professional Biography
https://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/John_A._Allison_IV
I've been calling him George Allison here and there by mistake. The former President of the BB&T Bank who had all of his 30,000 employees read Economics In One Lesson by Hazlitt and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand as a condition of employee training and ran the bank into perhaps the one success story of that industry using Randian principles. I'm off to order his books at present, There are two and I didn't spare the pennies using Amazon Prime for faster delivery - but here's a section of the interview which addresses the often argued place of subjective thought in an objective world.
“Objectivity” in this context simply means making logical decisions based on the facts of reality. Obviously, in many situations, we do not have all the facts, nor can we necessarily integrate all the factors that might impact the outcome. So there is a subjective (subconscious and nonmathematical) component based on past experiences that can be part of objective decision making.
However, the dictionary defines subjective as based on personal feelings, taste, and opinions. While there are some individuals who can be successful decision makers because their subconscious integrations are naturally logical, this type of mind is rare. Making decisions on personal, subjective whims often leads to disaster."
Mr. Allison is a former board member of Ayn Rand Institute and at present the President of the Cato Institutes and head of their Economics and Finance Area.
So far I'm impressed and wondering why i don't see his name suggested as a Candidate for much higher office and worthy of support by a wide range of anti-socialist thinkers and doers.
Question: Why are we not seeing people of this caliber instead of the dregs and leavings of the current two faced cesspool of failure? Are we that much in thralldom to the present system of despair with only the excrement of Rinos and Dinos from which to choose?
Professional Biography
https://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/John_A._Allison_IV
