General Discussion

As I grew older, I came to decide why it can't work: it requires brutal self-honesty, and that is exceedingly rare. People want to think of themselves as special, and they are often willing to decide they are exceptional absent any evidence. Then they demand to be treated and paid as though they are exceptional. Then there is also the fact that judging people as inferior without getting to know them is fraught with peril.

Also, I read a biography of Ayn Rand from a man who knew her personally, and discovered she was a hypocrite (My Years with Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden). That was a pretty good book in its own right.

I still maintain she is widely misunderstood by the political right. Her work is seen as a justification of greed, which it is not. Rand hated greed.