Existential depression has always annoyed me; it is one of the world's most pointless forms of suffering.

Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know and how do you think you know it?

Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at "capitalism" because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word.

By and large, the answer to the question "How do large institutions survive?" is "They don't!" The vast majority of large modern-day institutions - some of them extremely vital to the functioning of our complex civilization - simply fail to exist in the first place.

There is light in the world, and it is us!