Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.

It's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire.

There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can be, how it imposes severe limits on variability and thus makes whole populations fatally vulnerable to the shocking ways our universe can throw the dice.

Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it.

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.