The landscape of string theory is vast and complex, with perhaps 10^500 different possible universes.
The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.
A writer must be willing to be uncomfortable.
The great struggle of the twentieth century between liberalism and totalitarianism ended with the victory of the former.
The stories we tell ourselves are just as important as the stories told about us.
"Luxury is about emotion. If you don’t create emotion, you don’t create desire."