my vision

The longer I live, the more I realize that I still share the deepest values of my parents and the people under whose watch I grew up. From them I learned that great authorities, even those I was taught to trust, could be dead wrong. I was taught, instead, to answer first and last of all to myself.

Neither of my parents would tolerate racism, indifference to the suffering of others, or the bullying of the weak by the strong. From the loving example of my people, I inherited a fierce repugnance for intolerance of any kind and a bitter distaste for all shades of dogma. 

In response, I developed a ravenous curiosity and passionate love for art, music, science, discovery, and the creativity that makes humanity not only possible but worth embracing.

I express my vision in more detail, as time permits, in my personal blog Brain Change.

Correct above. Protect below.

It is my privilege and duty to fight the injustice that the powerful perpetrate upon those who depend upon them with superstition, arbitrary law, and insistence on blind faith.

• To help arm all human beings with the empowering force of creativity that drives the free expression and the pursuit of truth.
• To disarm the wielders of dogma, propaganda, intolerance, and enslavement of any kind.
• To assist those who are oppressed by the intolerance, ignorance, and systematic enslavement of the weak by the strong.

I proudly stand for the right of all people to govern themselves, pursue their dreams, and live in harmony with all life on Earth. And I pledge to help make our world a better place to live and love, today and for the rest of time.

See Pledge.