Ignorance Protects Itself, And Protected, Ignorance Grows.

You Are Hierarchical. That's The Older And More Entrenched Characteristic. We Saw It In Your Closest Animal Relatives And In Your Most Distant Ones. It's A Terrestrial Characteristic. When Human Intelligence Served It Instead Of Guiding It, When Human Intelligence Did Not Even Acknowledge It As A Problem, But Took Pride In It Or Did Not Notice It At All... That Was Like Ignoring Cancer.

Once You Grow Past Mommy And Daddy Coming Running When You're Hurt, You're Really On Your Own. You're Alone, And There's No One To Help You.

We're All Capable Of Climbing So Much Higher Than We Usually Permit Ourselves To Suppose.

In My Years, I Have Seen That People Must Be Their Own Gods And Make Their Own Good Fortune. The Bad Will Come Or Not Come Anyway.

Dad Decided Not To Vote For Donner After All. He Didn't Vote For Anyone. He Said Politicians Turned His Stomach.