Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race

Ecology, like genetics, is not about equilibrium states. It is about change, change and change. Nothing stays the same forever.

Intelligence will become more and more collective; innovation and order will become more and more bottom-up.

Society works not because we have consciously invented it, but because it is an ancient product of our evolved predispositions. It is literally in our nature.

Prosperity has brought complications. Our lives are busier, faster, more stressful. They're nostalgic for a simpler, slower time.

In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more likely to predict their likelihood of a heart attack than obesity, smoking or high blood pressure.

Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race