We're Living In Post-nuance Online Times.

Somebody Told Me, “twitter Hates Tabloids, But Twitter Is Constantly Acting Like A Tabloid, Repeating The Mistakes Of The Things We’re Hoping To Better.” Twitter Wanted To Become A More Egalitarian Justice System, But Instead It Became A Draconian One.

Guy Savelli's Role In The War On Terror Began When Half-a-dozen Strangers, Within Days Of One Another, Contacted Him Via E-mail And Telephone In The Winter Of 2003. They Asked Him If He Had The Power To Psychically Kill Goats. Guy Was Bewildered. He Did Not Go Around Publicizing This. Who Were These Men? How Did They Know About The Goats? He Feigned A Casual Tone Of Voice And Said, 'sure I Can.'then He Phoned Special Forces.

Sometimes The Personalities At The Helm Of The Madness Industry Are, With Their Drives And Obsessions, As Mad In Their Own Way As Those They Study. And That Relatively Ordinary People Are, More And More, Defined By Their Maddest Edges.

Suddenly, Madness Was Everywhere, And I Was Determined To Learn About The Impact It Had On The Way Society Evolves. I've Always Believed Society To Be A Fundamentally Rational Thing, But What If It Isn't? What If It Is Built On Insanity?

When I Asked Robert Spitzer About The Possibility That He'd Inadvertently Created A World In Which Ordinary Behaviours Were Being Labelled Mental Disorders, He Fell Silent. I Waited For Him To Answer. But The Silence Lasted Three Minutes. Finally He Said, 'i Don't Know.