After all, addiction is just the last stage of consumerism.
Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself.
There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel.
When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.
The twentieth century has built up a powerful set of intellectual shortcuts and devices that help us defend ourselves against moments when clouds suddenly appear to think.
