content: That's a good video; it explains the gist of Rand's work. To an extent I agree with Objectivism, in much the same way as I believe in quite the opposite. As a scientist, my logical view of humans is that you live, you feel emotion, you die, therefore it seems logical that you should feel as much positive emotion as you can. As a member of a group I wish to contribute to the world around me. This is still essentially Objectivism but, as a human, I feel empathy towards my fellow species members. I wish to show compassion to people; help people as far as I can. I strive to benefit humanity as a whole by helping as many people as I can in whichever ways I see fit. This is why I don't necessarily appreciate the notion of 'sides'. I have conflicting views, but no cognitive dissonance. It's a false dichotomy: there are no clean cut sides with which you must align. Every system has it's pros and it's cons, and I think we should more widely recognize this.