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.

Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?

Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind.

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.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.

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

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.