We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.

There's definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American health insurance industry or the sub-prime banking market, it really feels like the more psychopathically someone behaves, the more it's rewarded.

We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.

Somebody told me, “Twitter hates tabloids, but Twitter is constantly acting like a tabloid, repeating the mistakes of the things we’re hoping to better.” Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

Capitalism, perhaps at its most remorseless, is a physical manifestation of psychopathy.

It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.