Failure is inevitable; it happens all the time in a complex economy.

Pluralism matters because life is not worth living without new experiences - new people, new places, new challenges. But discipline matters too; we cannot simply treat life as a psychedelic trip through a series of novel sensations.

There is much more to life than what gets measured in accounts. Even economists know that.

Failure is inevitable; it happens all the time in a complex economy.

Economics spreads happiness.

Synthetic Worlds is a surprisingly profound book about the social, political, and economic issues arising from the emergence of vast multiplayer games on the Internet. What Castronova has realized is that these games, where players contribute considerable labor in exchange for things they value, are not merely like real economies, they are real economies, displaying inflation, fraud, Chinese sweatshops, and some surprising in-game innovations.

Love may be boundless and abundant, but time isn't. Time is finite.