We Pride Ourselves On Being

We Pride Ourselves On Being The Only Species That Understands The Concept Of Risk, Yet We Have A Confounding Habit Of Worrying About Mere Possibilities While Ignoring Probabilities, Building Barricades Against Perceived Dangers While Leaving Ourselves Exposed To Real Ones.

Why Are Some People Born With A Fire In The Belly, While Others Need Something To Get Their Pilot Light Lit?

Part-black Generally Means All-black In Americans' Minds. Just As Part-asian Or Part-hispanic Or Part-anything-else Usually Puts Individuals In Those Minority-groups' Camps.

People With Anxiety Disorders Such As Ocd Know That Nothing Can Be More Paralyzing Than Having Too Many Options. Go To A Store To Buy A Sweater, Find Four That You Like And The Odds Are Pretty Good You'll Stare And Stare... And Buy Nothing At All.

I Grew Up In A Suburb Of Baltimore With An Extremely High Concentration Of Jewish Families - Where The Levys And Cohens In The High School Yearbook Went On For Pages, Where I Could Count Far More Temples Than I Ever Could Churches. Anti-semitism, In Our Cultural Biodome, Was Mostly An Abstract Concept.