Don't be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have a half life.

Take Cuba. A very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time with some fluctuations. And even part of the business world is in favor of it too. But the government won't allow it.

As in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual profits privatized.

When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week, I began to have a sense of the appeal of the country and its people - along with despair about its future.

Technology can also be used so that private individuals will have access to the way centralized decisions are being made.

I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything.

Take the US. Women were not even able to vote until 90 ago, at about the same time they gained the right in Afghanistan. Rights of former slaves were very limited until the 1960s, and in some ways still are. In these and other domains there has been progress in democracy, though still seriously flawed. In other dimensions - the control of concentrated wealth over the political process, for example, things have gotten much worse in recent years. And there is much more, in both directions.