The Single Most Important Problem

Rhino-mounted Bantu Shock Troops Could Have Overthrown The Roman Empire. It Never Happened.

We Study The Injustices Of History For The Same Reason That We Study Genocide, And For The Same Reason That Psychologists Study The Minds Of Murderers And Rapists... To Understand How Those Evil Things Came About.

The Southward Advance Of Native African Farmers With Central African Crops Halted In Natal, Beyond Which Central African Crops Couldn't Grow - With Enormous Consequences For The Recent History Of South Africa.

In Much Of The Rest Of The World, Rich People Live In Gated Communities And Drink Bottled Water. That's Increasingly The Case In Los Angeles Where I Come From. So That Wealthy People In Much Of The World Are Insulated From The Consequences Of Their Actions.

Throughout History, Adultery Has Had Few Rivals As A Cause Of Murder And Human Misery. The Reason We Tend To Resemble Our Mates Is That Many Of Us Are Looking For Someone Who Reminds Us Of Our Parent Or Sibling Of The Opposite Sex, Who In Turn Resembles Us.