Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse

In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large employers on the other. But we have a choice.

Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to.

To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.

Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood.

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

Never take advice from someone wearing a tie.