We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.

Jesus is not from Georgia. Jesus does not speak English. And Jesus is not a member of the NRA.

..various people had long had the feeling that gain through pain was nature's way

Giving men marriage tips is a little like offering Vikings a free booklet titled How Not to Pillage.

If two people stare at each other for more than a few seconds, it means they are about to either make love or fight. Something similar might be said about human societies. If two nearby societies are in contact for any length of time, they will either trade or fight. The first is non-zero-sum social integration, and the second ultimately brings it.

Religion is a feature of cultural evolution that, among other things, addresses anxieties created by cultural evolution; it helps keep social change safe from itself.

Corruption is knowing when something is not being done, knowing when the American people are being left unprotected and when you make a decision not to do something to protect the American people And you effectively allow 9/11 to occur. That is the ultimate form of government corruption-dereliction of duty. That's subject in the military to prosecution, to court martial. Frankly, if not treason.