The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

by Michael Strevens

Do not befriend kings until you have trained yourself to obey them in matters that are reprehensible to you; to agree with them on matters that you disagree with; to appraise things according to their desires rather than to yours.

Befriending Kings (and Queens) opens doors and brings riches beyond your wildest imagination; it only costs your soul.