Ayn Rand often alluded, with some admiration and affection, to what she termed “the American sense of life”—a frame of mind shared by many Americans, rooted in the outlook of the American Enlightenment. Her philosophy of Objectivism drew upon many of these same roots.
Why, then, has her philosophy not yet made a bigger cultural impact and attracted much larger numbers of Americans? Is it only her radical views on altruism and religion—or is something else preventing wider acceptance of Objectivism? Robert Bidinotto, editor-in-chief of The New Individualist, will present a detailed profile of what he refers to as the “sense-of-life individualists” targeted by the magazine, and he will offer some perspectives about how Objectivists may more effectively reach them, even with their most controversial ideas.