To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"

I would have swapped out Donald Trump's frontal cortex for somebody else's for a little more self-control.

We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for people who are not good at using words.

America has an important role to play as the world leader in creating a global order, free trade, free waterways, free commerce, free movement of people. That happens because of U.S. military might.

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

Recovering from suffering is not like recovering from a disease. Many people don’t come out healed; they come out different. They crash through the logic of individual utility and behave paradoxically. Instead of recoiling from the sorts of loving commitments that almost always involve suffering, they throw themselves more deeply into them. Even while experiencing the worst and most lacerating consequences, some people double down on vulnerability. They hurl themselves deeper and gratefully into their art, loved ones and commitments.