The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.

Natural selection is not the only process that changes organisms over time. But is the only process that seemingly designs organisms over time.

Space and force pervade language. Many cognitive scientists (including me) have concluded from their research on language that a handful of concepts about places, paths, motions, agency, and causation underlie the literal or figurative meanings of tens of thousands of words and constructions, not only in English but in every other language that has been studied.

We often feel that a clever aphorism captures a truth that would require pages to defend in any other way.

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer.

One of the things that people complain about is loneliness, disconnectedness. If you live in a society where your life is rarely threatened and most of your relationships are more on an economic exchange basis, then this could leave people feeling less connected.