In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

Most goat-related military activity is still highly classified.

Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium.

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.

Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?

But on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me.

We want to see ourselves as curious and open-minded and smart and understanding things in terms of context and nuance, but when someone tries to do that in the midst of a shaming they're turned on.