Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.

Academic success depends on research and publications.

A good cult delivers on its promises. A good cult nourishes the needs of its members, has transparency and integrity, and creates provisions for challenging its leadership openly. A good cult expands the freedoms and well-being of its members rather than limits them.

Most of the evil of the world comes about not out of evil motives, but somebody saying 'get with the program, be a team player;' this is what we saw at Enron, this is what we saw in the Nixon administration with their scandal.

That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.