Wikipedia works because those who know the truth are usually more numerous and committed than those who believe in a falsehood.

It's deeply human to do both the worst things and the best things because of your fear of loss.

I think that every state in the union should recognize same-sex marriage.

Even though Star Wars is easily read as feminist for its time - and even for now, with Princess Leia's role - people wouldn't make a movie like that in 2016, where the guys are mostly the tough ones, and the women aren't in positions of authority.

I would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral moment.

How do things, whether they are movies, or plays, Hamilton, or people, ideas - how do they become transformative or iconic? That is in some ways what the actual Star Wars saga gets at, with the tale of the rise and the fall of the empire and the rise and the fall of Republics.

I'm interested in how the Internet spreads information.