I later went on to write a short story about Ayn Rand. I forget the details, but it was a sci fi story where people could commission androids of famous people; and the Ayn Rand android ended up having a major emotional meltdown because of the contradictions in her programming.
And this is the heart of why I find Ayn Rand interesting: She's a great cautionary tale. Rand convinced herself and only logic mattered, and all decisions should be based on logic, not emotion. When she met a younger man--a big fan--whom she had a major crush on, she sat her husband down and logicked him into allowing her to have an affair (or an open relationship I guess.) She explained that for two such great minds to come together physically was simply the logical outcome of their soulmateyness. Her husband became an alcoholic.
Eventually Branden realized he wasn't attracted to Rand physically. He wasn't attracted to his wife either (they'd married at Rand's instigation), and then he met and fell in love with someone else. Both Branden and his wife feared the day he would have to tell Rand. And sure enough her fury was off the charts. She banished Branden from her circle, and eventually his wife too.
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