Writing

Ideas

Essays on the ideas worth turning over — language, math, reason, meaning, and the odd shapes thinking takes.

Kindred minds worth your time: TED Ideas · The Marginalian · Aeon · Farnam Street · Nautilus.

July 2, 2026
Story

Radioman (in the Willapa Hills)

A childhood errand to a derelict Air Force station in the Pacific Northwest woods, and the stranger in an old jumpsuit who offered to show him around.
July 2, 2026
Story

The Sailor

A late-night call from a scared friend, a figure visible only out of the corner of the eye, and a question about what exactly he saw that night.
July 2, 2026
Workshop

3 Questions of the Soul’s Purpose (Workshop)

Work together to consider Who am I? Why am I here? How shall I live? — an intimate 5–8 person companion to the keynote.
July 2, 2026
Workshop

Pillars of Support

How small groups facing impossible odds prioritize, simplify, and focus — via Philadelphia strikes and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
July 2, 2026
Keynote

The 3 Questions of the Soul’s Purpose

The 3 questions of the Soul’s purpose, in the order that unlocks them — a storytelling framework people can apply to their own lives.
July 2, 2026
Keynote

The Voiceless Echo

The AI/ML era’s chief ontological problem began with an anthropomorphized metaphor — grounding machine capabilities back in reality.
July 2, 2026
Keynote

Memorandom — The Last AI Lecture You Need

The last AI conversation you need — how machines actually work, what lock-in costs are, and why a literate mind is the real defense.
July 2, 2026
Keynote

Carl Jung: Dreams, Shadow, Unconscious

Fred’s journey through Complex PTSD, Jung’s writings, and the synchronicities that led to his own healing.
October 15, 2025
Essay

THE PARADOX OF CHANGING THE WORLD

A simple truth of life is that we all influence and shape it, through our actions and choices. This is what karma means, not a ledger of good and bad deeds, with rewards and punishments dolled out, rather, the collective effect of every choice we all make. And by all, I mean all, not just […]
February 26, 2025
Essay

Convince Me

Some people will waste your time without hesitation. The two words that will let you know, without fail, that someone is going to waste your time, are, “convince me.” That idea is about you doing work for someone else, so that they feel empowered. It’s rooted in narcissism, ultimately. If you convince them, they won’t […]
March 18, 2017
Essay

The Language of Math is Strange

Math is strange in the U.S. We use Arabic symbols, Latin-root words for counting, and a base ten number system coupled with a base twelve language for the numbers up to 100.

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