In 2020, media critic Eric Burns said, "Rand is surely the most engaging philosopher of my lifetime", but "nobody in the academe pays any attention to her, neither as an author nor a philosopher".
ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti, mˈiːdiːə kɹˈɪɾɪk ˈɛɹɪk bˈɜːnz sˈɛd, "ɹˈænd ɪz ʃˈʊɹli ðə mˈoʊst ɛŋɡˈeɪdʒɪŋ fɪlˈɑːsəfɚɹ ʌv maɪ lˈaɪftaɪm", bˌʌt "nˈoʊbɑːdi ɪnðɪ ɐkˈædəmi pˈeɪz ˌɛni ɐtˈɛnʃən tə hɜː, nˈiːðɚɹ æz ɐn ˈɔːθɚ nˈɔːɹ ɐ fɪlˈɑːsəfɚ".