Whereas Stanford decided to make its mascot a tree my wife is a decision tree and I am her mascot even though I couldn’t get into S…

The Imaginary: I disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it The Symbolic:

Aristocracy failed because it couldn’t keep some of the people happy all of the time Democracy is failing because

I’ve never believed in being proac… so instead of expecting the unexpe… I got the surprise of my life but found it altogether unexceptio…

Of course, the west Still thinks it’s the best And in the postmodern west The best is the worst Which is all well and good

Money is our failed attempt To materialize trust Making true wealth An unshakable trust

Google Glass never took because smart phones are a prosthetic for the hands not the eyes

Democracy is a game of bridge where each coalition must partner… and going for broke requires not just suicidal risk but a suicide pact,

The cold war was a just war but a just war is still just war and war is hell

We guard the thin line between love and hate by loving more But we cross the thin line between self-love and self-hate

Just because they’re coming to get you doesn’t mean you’re not paranoid

There are no atheists in foxholes; the world is a foxhole

Telling ourselves half-truths Is worse than telling ourselves li… Because Although the truth will set you fr… Just as you can’t be half pregnant

The first and most important task when you’re joining a non-hierarch… is finding out who’s really in charge The first and most important task

I bought a Toyota because it’s bulletproof to compensate for the fact that I’m not even rubber bulletproof