The Maxims For Success Laid Out By

Myth, Legend, And Ritual ... Function To Maintain A Status Quo. That Makes Them Singularly Bad In Coping With Change, Indeed Counterproductive, For Change Is The Enemy Of Myth.

Mythology Is Like Gravity, Inconvenient At Times, But Necessary For Cohesion.

The Idea Of Power As A Possession, Whose Asset Can Be Banked And Drawn On When Needed, Comes Easy To A Society Whose Rules Grow Out Of The Methods Of Finance Capitalism.

Can One Consider Controversy Without Falling Into It?

If There's Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come, There Is Nothing More Ubiquitously Pervasive Than An Idea Whose Time Won't Go.