The article says; "Gone are the myriad, messy dialectical collisions of a diverse and balanced society. These can all be swept away and replaced with a simple credo. Indeed, the underlying weaknesses of Objectivism should be starting to become apparent to anyone not mired in linear thinking." Typical augment by intimidation, so linear thinking is now bad. All balanced and diverse societies are messy dialectical collisions. We all have to multitask. Like texting and driving, that has helped mankind get stronger.

Pure pap.

From the article: "Furthermore, Rand's admiration for capitalism was envisioned entirely through the lens of the heroic industrialist. While such figures still exist, the main propulsive vehicles of capitalism in the 21st century are corporations. The problem in trying to apply the ethical and political principles of rational self-interest to the conduct of corporations is that corporations are not sentient beings: they have no soul, and on an ethical level they know no "fear" because they are not mortal and do not face death. For instance, a business decision that might have a 50 per cent probability of generating a spectacular windfall profit, but a 10 per cent probability of abject annihilation (for instance, a nightmare environmental disaster) presents excellent odds for a corporation that doesn't fear "death" as such, whereas a person facing a one in ten chance of self-termination might well be motivated to act quite differently."

The corporation (that entity that does not die and has no fear) does not make an discussions about what that company does. The board for the corporation does, and those are all people who do die and have fear. If all the members of that board practiced rational self interest the corporation would not make such a choice any more than an individual would. So often when people argue against the principles of Objectivism they move to some type of collectivist evaluation to discredit the system based on the individual.

Just like guns don't kill people, people kill do. Corporations do not make choices, people do. The corporation has no mind with witch to practice objectivity or any other philosophic ideal. They are no more altruistic either. They simply are. Its the people who have a mind that make the decisions that will determine the actions of the corporation and those people are perfectly capable of making well reasoned, well informed choices based on there well being and the well being of the company they represent. If they cannot they should be fired and others who practice reasoned self-interest hired.

If a company employed a board of Jim Taggerts that company will not fare as well as one that employes a group of Steve Jobs. Anyone care to argue that?

You could take any paragraph in this article and show how they attempt to discredit Rand with philosophies she never prescribed to. The article is simply rubbish.