A term like capitalism is incredibly slippery, because there's such a range of different kinds of market economies.

The task is clear: to create a culture of caretaking in which no one and nowhere is thrown away, in which the inherent value of people and all life is foundational.

What haunts me is not exactly the absence of literal space so much as a deep craving for metaphorical space: release, escape, some kind of open-ended freedom.

But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective denial, no gradual, incremental options are now available to us.

The powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on that most rarefied delicacy: impunity.

The parties with the most gain never show up on the battlefield.

I see The Gap ads as being a great example of how branding has changed. Those Gap campaigns are pop culture. They've been incredibly powerful. They have had the kind of effect on culture that a hit band has. Just look at The Gap's Khaki swing ads, which were music videos. They had this tremendous impact on the industry - suddenly everything started looking like Gap ads and it became difficult to know who was co-opting whom and who was creating culture.