Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen.

Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies.

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.