Pay attention, Techie
Bowser observed that most people outgrow the Ayn Rand phase, and I agree from personal experience. I too read Atlas Shrugged relatively early in life, at that phase of maximum ambition circa 30 which, in my case, was reinforced by the yuppie 1980s. But I got over it, and rediscovered my principles and tossed the suspenders and the Libertarian Party membership card into the trash before the decade was out.
I outgrew that shallow and ego-masturbatory fancy of my youth, Techie. What's your excuse?