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“The word “coherence” literally means holding or sticking together, but it is usually used to refer to a system, an idea, or a worldview whose parts fit together in a consistent and efficient way. Coherent things work well: A coherent…

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Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.

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Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

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“The ethic of autonomy is based on the idea that people are, first and foremost, autonomous individuals with wants, needs, and preferences. People should be free to satisfy these wants, needs, and preferences as they see fit, and so societies develop moral concepts such as rights, liberty, and justice, which allow people to coexist peacefully without interfering too much in…

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I got interested in the American culture war back in 2004, and it's one of the only growth stocks I've ever invested in.

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I think of myself as a social scientist. In order to get hired and to get promoted, we're forced to declare a disciplinary and…

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“We should not expect individuals to produce good, open-minded, truth-seeking reasoning, particularly when self-interest or reputational concerns are in play. But if you put individuals together in the right way, such that some individuals can use their reasoning powers to disconfirm the claims of others, and all individuals feel some common bond or shared fate that allows them to interact…

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The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.

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It only takes twenty generations of selective breeding to create large differences or appearance and behavior in other mammals.

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If you think half of America votes badly because they are stupid or religious, you are trapped in a matrix ... Take the red…

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“Our minds have the potential to become righteous about many different concerns, and only a few of these concerns are activated during childhood. Other”

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