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

I much prefer the modern world.

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.

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.

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

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes.

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.