A lot of local food is very tasty. I'm very happy to eat it. I just don't think it's the same thing as saving the world.

When you look at the actual data on technological innovation, one thing you see is that what I call the 'low-hanging fruit' has been exhausted. So radio, flush toilets, electricity, and automobiles - a lot of very basic inventions - have spread to almost all households.

I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.

I think as individuals, people overrate the virtues of local food. Most of the energy consumption in our food system is not caused by transportation. Sometimes local food is more energy efficient. But often it's not. The strongest case for locavorism is to eat less that's flown on planes, and not to worry about boats.

I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.

Personality and socialization aren't the same thing.