It Is An Awful Lot

Success Is Always Less Funny Than Failure.

We Want To See Ourselves As Curious And Open-minded And Smart And Understanding Things In Terms Of Context And Nuance, But When Someone Tries To Do That In The Midst Of A Shaming They're Turned On.

Obviously, I Like To Write Stories That Are Page-turners. But I Always Try My Very, Very Hardest To Be As Factually True As Possible.

In The Midst Of A Burning-hot Shaming, Calling For Patience And Context And Understanding And Empathy Can Really Land You In Trouble.

There's Definitely Evidence That Capitalism At Its Most Ruthless Rewards Psychopathic Behavior. When You Look At The Worst Corners Of The American Health Insurance Industry Or The Sub-prime Banking Market, It Really Feels Like The More Psychopathically Someone Behaves, The More It's Rewarded.