If you like this, it might be worth reading the posts that lead to him writing it:<p>First, the only slightly related <i>Tax Frenzies and How to Hose Them Down</i> [0], in which he uses the term <i>Objectivist Jerky</i>, which led to someone requesting that he write <i>What I Think About Atlas Shrugged</i> [1], which he summed up with "Indeed, if John Galt <i>were</i> portrayed as an intelligent cup of yogurt ... this would be obvious. <i>Oh my god, that cup of yogurt wants to kill most of humanity to make a philosophical point! Somebody eat him quick!</i> And that would be that." then the brief <i>My New Problem</i> [2]<p>[0] <a href="https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/09/26/tax-frenzies-and-how-to-hose-them-down/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/09/26/tax-frenzies-and-how-...</a><p>[1] <a href="https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/10/01/what-i-think-about-atlas-shrugged/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/10/01/what-i-think-about-at...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/10/01/my-new-problem/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/10/01/my-new-problem/</a>