“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.”

“Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.”

“Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training for genuinely useful Neolithic skills! Think about it. The game consists of lots of patient waiting and watching (stalking), throwing with incredible accuracy and speed, sprinting, dodging... and hitting moving objects real hard with clubs! And arguing. Hey, what else could you possibly need? Now, tell me, how do soccer or basketball prepare you to survive in the wild, hm?”

“In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.”

“The village is coming back, like it or not.”

“The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.”

“Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.”