A genuinely political society, in which discussion and debate are an essential technique, is a society full of risks.
Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.
I eat nothing that's processed or refined - no high-fructose corn syrup, no sugar, no trans-fats. I eat a lot of fish and monounsaturated fats from olives, olive oil and nuts. A lot of organic, fresh fruits and vegetables. No bread. No gluten. No wheat. No rice.
A lot of ultramarathoners are soloists. They're single and live lives off the grid.
Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.
For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.
Don't confuse comfort with happiness.
Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals.
The more the art dominated my life and my house, the more the house became a home.
The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language.