Actually my colleagues are pretty smart!
For most people, though, it's hard to beat Jurassic Park, the morality tale that goes something like "Myopic optimization leads to BEING EATEN BY DINOSAURS."
For most people, though, it's hard to beat Jurassic Park, the morality tale that goes something like "Myopic optimization leads to BEING EATEN BY DINOSAURS."
Old-school sci-fi (lots to choose from) could be pretty good in that regard. Newer stuff often leans a bit too much in the morality tale direction.
The love story in it is kind of weird, okay really weird, but besides that I like the book. Most of the over-the-top strawman librul bad guys, and attempts to morally justify Laissez-faire capitalism mostly came from Atlas Shrugged. The Fountainhead is more focused on an individual who wants to realize greatness for its own sake.