Income inequalities are bad for society not because they make people sad or jealous, but because they lead to social instability. The two historically reliable methods of transferring wealth from rich to poor are progressive taxes and violence. I prefer the former. If there is a high concentration of people with nothing to hope for and nothing to lose, you get the latter.

Quoted not because I’m communist, but because social justice rah rah rah is not simply good for those others, it also tends to be good for you.

If I ask someone what his job is, and he responds “writing detective novels” or “painting murals” or “writing software” or “fixing plumbing”, at least his job is about something.

On the other hand, I want nothing to do with the guy who responds “my job is making money”. What a selfish prick.

And gosh, it might even be good for you. (Oh dear its going to turn bright outside soon)