The future for  Ben-Shahar looks bright. Likely he is already working on a lucrative contract to draft model legislation to be pushed by ALEC. A few hundred thousand dollars in Omri's pocket plus expenses is chump change for the billionaires funding ALEC. Then there will be the advance for the book, followed by the sponsored appearances on Fox News then most of the rest of the MSM. I would expect to see him on Bill Maher's show if I still regularly watched. Bill should get a nice spiff for having him on and doing a half-assed job of challenging him.  

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."