“If I were to travel back in time, I might urge the young man I was to sit the books aside for a minute, open the windows, and let in some fresh air.

I would tell him to relax, go meet some people, and enjoy the pleasures that life preserves for those in their twenties, the few friends I have in new your tried to offer some advice, you need to lighten up Barak. you need to get laid, you are so idealistic, it’s great, but I don’t know if what you are saying is really possible.

I resisted these voices, I resisted precisely because I feared they were right.”