As one scientist puts it, we can now assume that just as children need good nutrition and adequate sleep, they may very well need contact with nature.
Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens.
If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the illness. They should face the contradiction. Discuss the conflation. And then do as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and many others have done. Choose the miracle of creative competition over an idolatry of cash. They should stand up.
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original.
The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.
Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.
The sun shines everywhere, not just at the beach.
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.
I love goofing around, and I love breaking people's balls. I do it off camera, as well as on camera.
For most of my career I've been very lucky to have avoided major injuries.