# Some Personal Reflections on Ayn Rand **URL:** **By** George H. Smith **Published:** July 11, 2018 --- George Smith discusses some good and bad influences that Ayn Rand’s ideas had on his own intellectual development. George Smith discusses some good and bad influences that Ayn Rand’s ideas had on his own intellectual development. [Originally published in essay form on April 1, 2016](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/some-personal-reflections-ayn-rand)