In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.

Why did the Germans and Japanese keep fighting after 1943 when every rational hope of victory had disappeared?

The law of unintended consequences is the only real law of history.

I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an integral part of what it is to be human, and one does better work if one has a circle of friends that is active.

The Armenian genocide showed what could happen when empires were beaten into nations.

I think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the functions of an empire, you are incapable of learning from the mistakes of past empires.

Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.