There are lots of issues more important than where billionaires donate their money.

I don't think people are averse to thinking about things in a deep way, but we have limited time and opportunity to think about things in a deep way. I think that's why there is an appetite for non-fiction - it gives people the opportunity to reexamine ordinary experience and be smarter about it.

I should point out that I have a picture of Asbel Kiprop as the screensaver on my phone. Is that embarrassing?

As human beings, we always expect everyday change to happen slowly and steadily, and for there to be some relationship between cause and effect.

Clear writing is universal. People talk about writing down to an audience or writing up to an audience; I think that's nonsense. If you write in a way that is clear, transparent, and elegant, it will reach everyone.

When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters-first and foremost-how they behave.

Since becoming a journalist, each time I engage with subjects I become more radicalized.