Diego Segura

Because the essays were initially published in New York, most of them begin with the same salutation: "To the People of the State of New York".

People don’t understand that it’s expensive to be famous. Once you become famous, you’re forced to always have security and all these other things. It’s not an option. So all of a sudden you’ve got these huge overhead costs.

the first children’s climate trial took place in the U.S. when a group of 16 young people sued Montana for violating their constitutional rights, including rights to equal protection, dignity, liberty, health and safety, and public trust, all predicated on their right to “a clean and healthful environment” as enshrined in the state constitution.... See more

Now, six months later, she's probably the most feared analyst on Wall Street. The rise in her status is truly sensational, and due, largely, to a single prediction. On Oct. 31, 2007, she was right, and the world was wrong.

How on earth does that happen? I can think of several possibilities.

1) Meredith Whitney is the only analyst on Wall Street... See more

Like everything Warhol touched, it could turn mass culture into counterculture, and vice versa, just by squinting.

The region-beta paradox describes the phenomenon whereby, sometimes, a person may benefit from being worse off versus just mildly off, because being worse off may mobilize them to take action to address the problem, whereas being mildly off can lead them to stagnancy.