1. Came across an article that concluded that the human brain was not wired for reading. The brain is naturally wired for moving, speaking, relating, and strategizing, but we have to re-wire our brains to communicate through writing.

2. Schools are to society what fertilizer is to grass: to keep it strong, you have to keep investing in it to prevent the weeds from sprawling.

3. American (and likely Canadian too) politics are won largely by convincing the biggest number of rich people that you can win over the biggest number of peasants.

1+2+3 = Human beings are social animals. Democracy is unnatural.