Who do modern secondary and higher schools produce - independent, creative, strong professionals or weak, faceless neurotic ignoramuses? What is multiculturalism: an attempt to make the world more just, diverse and vibrant, or a concession to the savagery of uncivilized peoples and a step back on the path to progress? What do green movements actually achieve, masking under slogans about protecting nature the desire to drive people back into the Procrustean bed of fear and helplessness? Ayn Rand answers these and other provocative questions with her characteristic uncompromisingness and powerful arguments, enlisting the support of her ally - reason.< /p>