Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities. - Daniel Suarez

"The crab scuttled toward its hole. "Sacculina is a parasite that infests saltwater crabs. It burrows into their flesh and extends tendrils into the crab’s bloodstream and brain. It chemically castrates the crab and becomes its new brain — controlling it like a zombie.

Freedom is overrated. You can be completely free and starving in an igloo in Antarctica. Business is what makes people’s lives better, not democracy. The world is filled with dysfunctional democracies, paralyzed by idiots with votes.

to understand a people, you need to wade into their culture. It’s culture that tells their tale. And music is culture.