raging against the system was Iris’s only way of being, her loneliness vaccine.

democratized markets still prioritize the transactional quid pro quo mentality that undermines the sovereignty of good and, ultimately, our fundamental well-being.

sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better, that improvements only hinder the generation of the forces that bring radical change.

Until we live in a world where material needs have been eliminated by Star Trek replicators on every wall, things like money and auctions will remain essential.

the past was a horrible place, especially for women, but that was not a good reason to praise the present.

We look into the past, pick out one “pivotal” moment and try to lessen our guilt by saying that was the moment we missed.

Every single day we fail to take advantage of opportunities to change the course of history.

‘Like epiphanies, the fork-in-the-road theory of history is a convenient lie,’

Epiphanies are an illusion that our minds conjure up to explain our failure to realize the obvious earlier.’