On the increase of the diagnosis of various diagnoses (Ulcerative Colitis, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, etc.), on Bridget St. John and Nick Drake, on politics being about the allocation of resources and competition for limited resources, on the hope that people would be pure enough to care about what is true rather than just being opinionated, on the root of evil being selfishness, on dark empathy, on the search in areas that don't fit into the scientific purview, on believing there is a universal narrative and the role of free speech in allowing us to sift through the possibilities...