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Did Human Evolution Favor Individualists or Altruists?
Rand's mistake was in essentializing the distinction between "individualist freedom" vs. "collectivist tyranny" and then transporting it into our human past.
The problem with visions of life that are detached from the world—no matter how intoxicating—is that they crash and burn when they encounter the real world.The problem with visions of life that are detached from the world—no matter how intoxicating—is that they crash and burn when they encounter the real world.