The Virtue of Selfishness · What Did They Read?

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Why Grit Isn’t Enough | Angela Duckworth

ReThinking with Adam Grant, 17 October 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 4 min in.

One speaker mentions The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand, citing a famous exchange in which Christopher Hitchens questions whether anyone needs encouragement to be selfish. The speaker describes a common experience of reading Ayn Rand and feeling briefly convinced before quickly recognizing the limits of the worldview, attributing this pattern to emotional immaturity.

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