Animals' taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. That includes us. As hunters and foragers of the dry savannah, our earliest forebears evolved a taste for important but scarce nutrients: salt and high-energy fats and sugars. That, in a nutshell, explains the widespread popularity of junk food.
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.
Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God.
The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.
Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.
You either like something, or you don't; you won't change your opinion because somebody explains why you should like it.
Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how you get bacteria or insects in the first place.
'Activate Your Goodness' explains how we all have a stake in our collective future, each and every person in their own unique way. As I see it, it is all about personally taking responsibility for our actions, and fully realizing that by thinking good, speaking good and doing good, you can find your place in life.