![]() The producers are destroyed, and their destroyers continue to be oblivious to their destruction. ![]() The great tragedy I see throughout Atlas is the tragedy of what might have been. The second reason is its exploration of how a society disintegrates when we deny human nature. We see what happens throughout the book when people are unshackled and allowed to pursue their own goals. Something as mundane as a hot cup of coffee, for example, embodies innumerable decisions by innumerable people, each with their own specialized knowledge. ![]() A lot of things that we take for granted are the product of free markets harnessing the power of free minds. Atlas Shrugged is a brilliant exposition of the things that are made possible by the rational, thinking human mind. The first is its treatment of human potential. ![]()
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