Two hundred years ago, industrialisation ruined the labour force. In the modern age, especially in the West or America, people who are 'efficient,' who can bracket their emotions off, tend to win. But at what cost to the rest of us?

It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.

He achieved everything he ever wanted, and the cost of that ruined him. It was something he never came to terms with. He never did finish another book. The drinking and drug abuse increased, and it was the beginning of his long demise.

Pittsburgh really kind of fits along with the rest of America. Over 90 percent of us are not getting in the recommended fruits and vegetables that we need so we are right in with the rest of the pack. Unfortunately, we are at the bottom of the pack.

I don't totally buy or believe the paradigm that's constantly presented to us and the financial news is obsessed with, which is growth. There seems to be this paradigm which is: There has to be growth. I'm watching it and thinking, am I the only one who recognises this is a small planet isolated in a gigantic universe? Where are we growing to?

In the past, we weren't as strong. But now, when one person wins, it helps the rest of us build confidence, too.