Which is why human society mostly works; people avoid trouble. But behind every law is the implicit threat of force, and behind every vote is the imp… - Daniel Suarez

no society with a wide power imbalance remains free for very long.

The people behind the modern global economy will prevent any meaningful change until it's too late.

But the question that needs to be answered is whether civilization's inability to adapt is a failure of leadership — or an unwillingness in humanity itself.

Sorry. Just paralyzed by the indescribable beauty of the cosmos. We'll get to work.

Chinese factory worker must think Americans are insane. Picture this: you work at a plant that makes Halloween stuff — you know, like, rubber severed heads. And you’re all like: Americans decorate their homes with severed heads? These fuckers are savages, man.