Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation.

People do not consciously and rationally choose the form of their society. Societies develop through processes of social evolution that are not under rational human control.

It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through REPEATED compromises.

I would just turn my back and wouldn't talk to him.

It is obvious that [leftists] are not cool-headed logicians systematically analyzing the foundations of knowledge. They are deeply involved emotionally in their attack on truth and reality.

I believe in nothing.

It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness