Individualism
Roark took the oath. He stood by the steps of the witness stand. The audience looked at him. They felt he had no chance. They could drop the nameless resentment, the sense of insecurity which he aroused in most people. And so, for the first time, they could see him as he was: a man totally innocent of fear.
The fear of which they thought was not the normal kind, not a response to a tangible danger, but the chronic, unconfessed fear in which they all lived. They remembered the misery of the moments when, in loneliness, a man thinks of his bright words he could have said, but had not found, and hates those who robbed him of his courage. The misery of knowing how strong and able one is in one’s own mind, the radiant picture never to be made real. Dreams? Self-delusion? Or a murdered reality, unborn, killed by that corroding emotion without name – fear – need – dependence – hatred?
Roark stood before…
Orlando
“The Best Men’s Convention the World Has Ever Seen”
This exactly what you get with four years of momentum, five events, and thousands of the world’s best and brightest young men organizing themselves into an annual event, hosted back to back in Europe and North America.
And in an age of shame, hypocrisy, and confusion, meeting face to face to sort right from wrong – what works from what doesn’t – is exactly what’s needed. The time to correct course for ourselves, and in turn our peers…
The Greatest Generation
It’s been said that the “greatest generation” in American history was the one that grew up during the great depression and went on to fight in World War II.
Others disagree, and say that the truly greatest generation in our history was the founding generation – the generation that formed a federal union that lasts to this day, and wrote the most profound governing documents in human history.
To the surprise of many, I disagree with both of these viewpoints.
In my opinion, the greatest generation to have ever lived has not yet claimed that title. Not yet claimed because that generation is in the midst of becoming what is was meant to be, and doing as it was meant to do.
That generation is us.
It’s any young man or woman capable of thinking for him or herself, and having the courage to act decisively.
But what’s so special about modern times you ask? Surely, World…
Live free or die.
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