Busy people tend to forgo the one activity - TV watching _ that is most lethal to community involvement

A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter. Trust lubricates social life. Networks of civic engagement also facilitate coordination and communication and amplify information about the trustworthiness of other individuals.

Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.

People may go to the library looking mainly for information, but they find each other there.

Most Americans watch Friends rather than having friends.

Look, we ought to do this for our kids... We ought to have a high school so that every kid who grows up here - they're all our kids - gets a good high school education.

Young Americans are dropping out of religion at an alarming rate of five to six times the historic rate.