But It Is A Delightful Challenge To

In Contrast, Markets - Oft Mythologized As "natural" Are The Most Unnatural Things Going. Libertarians Will Tell You "market Laws Are Laws Of Nature", What Baloney. Markets - And The Other Great Modernist Cornucopian Tools - Are Magnificent Wealth Generating Machines, Built Ad-hoc, Through Trial And Error, Constantly Fine-tuned And Refined, Tinkered, Adjusted.

The Village Is Coming Back, Like It Or Not.

Patience Is Fine, But I'm Not Going To Stop Asking The Universe To Make Sense!

Change Is The Principal Feature Of Our Age And Literature Should Explore How People Deal With It. The Best Science Fiction Does That, Head-on.

The Three Basic Material Rights -- Continuity, Mutual Obligation, And The Pursuit Of Happiness.