My dissertation defense fell apart even as I read my title– The Bronze Age: A Golden Age of…

The most useful pawn is the one who believes himself king

Thinking that the purpose of life… things looked good enough on the s… to believe that my life was 24-karat gold Who knew that the purpose of beaut…

The two-week lockdown To bend the curve Turned into a year-and-a-half That bent our minds When

Most lives are lived in service to one institution or another but only very recently has this begun to feel

Civilization began when a discussion group convened to debate the meaning of the phras… The less said, the better

If you take the cognitive map of… and rip it in half you’re left with two Google Maps: the one on the right of Israel

And just like that the safety of ironic distance gave way to the false intimacy of over-proximi…

Let good intentions be my sword and naivete my shield

If the world exists on a continuum between utopia and dystopia but instead of polar opposites utopia and dystopia are both hell then at the exact midpoint

Mistakes are inev– itable; owning them is inestimable

2/3 of the Earth Is covered by water So, most of the underground Is under water Accordingly, in dreams

Nothing is more anathema to our ti… than a phrase that was still secon… just five minutes ago: May the best man win To understand everything we’ve los…

The most radical act has become One that gives you meaning Without getting you attention Not because we don’t need one anot… We all do–

In Putin’s version of Let’s Make… he shows you what’s behind Door #1… - You let Putin run you through w… AND what’s behind Door #2: - You fall on your sword to atone…