Why Is It That You

Besides Justifying The Transfer Of Wealth To Kleptocrats, Institutionalized Religion Brings Two Other Important Benefits To Centralized Societies. First, Shared Ideology Or Religion Helps Solve The Problem Of How Unrelated Individuals Are To Live Together Without Killing Each Other—by Providing Them With A Bond Not Based On Kinship. Second, It Gives People A Motive, Other Than Genetic Self-interest, For Sacrificing Their Lives On Behalf Of Others.

Our Biggest Threat Is Not An Asteroid About To Crash Into Us, Something We Can Do Nothing About. Instead, All The Major Threats Facing Us Today Are Problems Entirely Of Our Own Making. And Since We Made The Problems, We Can Also Solve The Problems.

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.

What Did The Last Easter Islander Say As He Chopped Down The Last Tree? The Easter Islanders Didnt Have Anthropologists.

To Dismiss The Current Extinction Wave On The Grounds That Extinctions Are Normal Events Is Like Ignoring A Genocidal Massacre On The Grounds That Every Human Is Bound To Die At Some Time Anyway.