“he” is correct.

You haven’t shown my summary of Rand’s axiom is a straw man (nor have I shown it isn’t – it’s a summary, after all). It may well be that the only life Ayn Rand cared about was her own, but that clearly is not part of the argument in that essay, which is all I’m talking about. I hence stand by my claim that she’s being inconsistent.

The way he word is usually used, happiness has a lot to do with quality of life, but she uses it in a very special meaning in that essay which I have a funny feeling you have not read recently.

You seem to have completely misread the last bit you quote. I said, or meant to say, that I could not have an opinion on Rand’s body of work precisely because I wouldn’t read any of her other stuff – the reason being that I’m trying to allocate my time rationally, which means I will not read texts which I have to guess on the basis of experience will not yield a lot of utility for me.