A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics. People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?".

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot.

Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.

It's a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There's a big dream out there about wind and solar power.

People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?"

Integrity is hard work. I do think the Internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it's easier just to perform.