Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.
The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.
The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear.
If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers.
Science, not religion, has taught me my most useful values, among them intellectual honesty. It is better to go without answers than to accept those that merely resolve puzzlement.