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

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

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.

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.

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.

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.