After roaming the world, I finally settled down at Starry Hill: an earthly paradise of trees, rivers, cats, goats, chickens, vegetable gardens, and the patter of little feet. This is a dream come true, made possible by the inspiration and hard work of my wife Heather. This is us on our big day:

My background is in computer science, psychology, and buddhist philosophy. When it comes to anything controversial, I believe it is important to look for the evidence, and eschew tribal “truth” and personal indignation. As such, I am scientifically minded first and foremost, since science really does have something special:

“… all spheres of discourse are not on the same footing, for the simple reason that not all spheres of discourse seek the same footing (or any footing whatsoever).” — Sam Harris

Whatever is real is real, and that’s the space in which we find solutions.

It does not matter what we are
A soul, a spirit, or the ash of stars
We conceive of light and spurn the dark
And trapped in pain perceive a spark
That purpose gives 'ere we depart
To know the self and free the heart
-- Aaron Michaux