Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination..

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power..

If we can abstract pathogenicity and hygiene from our notion of dirt, we are left with the old definition of dirt as matter out of place. This is a v….

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements..

Institutions have the pathetic megalomania of the computer whose whole vision of the world is its own program..

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat..

I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they sta….

Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are da….

The human body is always treated as an image of society..

Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure ….

Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter..

It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, ….

Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, a….

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too..

Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive..

Hierarchy works well in a stable environment..

Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand ritu….

Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between….

The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another v….

If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization..

Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations and even occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social r….