In an effort to understand the many politicians and pundits who worship the writings of Ayn Rand, I’ve recently read her novel The Fountainhead. It’s a remarkable book, a defense of the individual creative spirit. I’m glad I read it and it’s a good reminder that we should all be reading things that come from different perspectives than our own preconceived biases.
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Rand is obviously smart, arguably one of the greater thinkers of the past century. Had she not have been blinded by her own ego, she might have seen how other lesser thinkers would use her life’s work to pursue selfish greed rather than selfish good. (Read the rest at Medium)