Don't Just Climb The Ladder,

Have You Noticed That When We Die, Our Eulogies Celebrate Our Lives Very Differently From The Way Society Defines Success?

I Usually Start With A Big Question, Such As Whether People Today Are Happier Than In The Past, Or Why Men Have Dominated Women In Most Human Societies. And Then I Follow The Question Instead Of Trying To Follow My Own Answer, Even If It Means I Can't Formulate Any Clear Theory.

Life Is A Dance Between Making It Happen And Letting It Happen.

I Wish I'd Known Sooner That Success Isn't Defined By Who Goes The Longest Without Vacation.

Market Forces Have No Intrinsically Moral Direction, Which Is Why, Before He Wrote The Wealth Of Nations, Adam Smith Wrote The Theory Of Moral Sentiments. Ethics Should Precede Economics. But It Doesn't Have To. . . . We Know This Because We've Seen The Results Of Capitalism Without Conscience: The Pollution Of The Air We Breathe, The Water We Drink, And The Food We Eat; The Endangerment Of Workers; And The Sale Of Dangerous Products - From Cars To Toys To Drugs. All In Pursuit Of Ever-greater Profits.