I enjoy rational analytical conversations, learning from people with good minds, and solving problems of science and technology. My perspective is that of an Objectivist individualist with a joyous sense of life, a great appreciation for human complexity and human ability and achievement, and a benevolent and tolerant regard for others. This blog allows me the great pleasure of writing about things I want to think about and/or wish others would think about. Nothing clarifies an idea like writing about it or trying to teach it. It is also my statement of where I stand. A recurring theme is the importance of individuality and the fight for individual rights against the onslaught of the Nanny State and socialism. I wish to live the life of a rational self-managing adult and am amazed that so many others wish to be perpetual children. The fear, envy, and guilt that cause many to yield their inalienable individual rights to collectivism are ugly, anti-life emotions.