Theres much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the worlds probably a better place for it. – Doug Coupland
Theres nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. Its a total turn-off. – Doug Coupland
Its very strange that most people dont care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. – Doug Coupland
You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog. – Doug Coupland
Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your countrys. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. – James Hansen