Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.

Liberation is an evershifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises.

The advice I would give to my younger self is very, very simple: Stop burning the candle at both ends and renew your estranged relationship with sleep. You will be more productive, more effective, more creative, and more likely to enjoy your life.

Before checking that last email before you go to bed, say to yourself, No, I am important. This is important. My body is more important.

So great becomes the fear of losing what we have that many of us rush back to hide under the temporary shelter of convention rather than follow the path of self-discovery wherever it might lead. Given adequate time and sufficient fear, we may hide so long that we hardly notice we're slowly suffocating.

Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.

Both political parties have a richly vested interest in corporate corruption.