Facts do not "speak for themselves." They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.