Continuous moral progress of the species is an idea so grotesquely flattering that it cannot possibly be true.
Aug 262015
Aug 252015
When you have a thousand followers, you have an audience; when you have a million, it has you.
Aug 242015
Almost everyone believes in science; it is history that no one believes in.
Aug 212015
Now we celebrate human diversity, having spent the last few millennia obliterating it.
Aug 202015
Religious Belief, Ranked by Body Count
3. Polytheism
2. Monotheism
1. Atheism
Aug 192015
To follow your heart is exactly what people who are skilled at manipulating your emotions want you to do.
Aug 182015
Philanthropy is no basis for particular affections, and misanthropy no bar to them.
Aug 172015
The many delightful entertainments available on demand would be still more delightful if they were not available on demand.
Aug 142015
Hollywood is to the rest of America what America is to the rest of the world.
Aug 132015
Man is the only animal that cheats at solitaire.