I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care.
The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.