Within a brief compass, Jon Elster covers a vast range of topics.
Skeptics may assert that Hawaiian did not put men on the moon, and lacks words like 'byte' and 'hard drive.' True, Hawaiians did not invent space travel, but they traversed the vast Pacific Ocean without compasses or maps.
Whether they have been born to power and position like the prince, or scrabbled madly after it like the politician, the moral compass of the vast majority of those who rule over us seems similarly shattered.
Like navigators of old, operating by sextants, astrolabes and compasses on a vast sea, we changed course by dead reckoning.
As the German ship fired her 15-inch shells, Mr Briggs, high on the compass platform, saw a vast sheet of flame blow up in front of him.
But Piailug, who died last week at the age of 78, could have matched Cook's voyaging island for island across the vast immensity of the Pacific, and without charts, compass or sextant.
A compass for students and alumni to navigate MIT's vast entrepreneurial network and find teammates, partners, and supporters.
The most fascinating sections describes how Polynesians, without compass, could sail against the prevailing winds across the vast stretches of the empty Pacific.
The metaphor "compass" describes our portal very well: a guide through the vast cancer information on the Internet.
For instance, recruits are expected to be able to navigate their way through vast stretches of wilderness with nothing more than a map and a compass even when completely exhausted.
