The Dragon

Who?:

My greatest intrigue and aim has always been, and I hope will always be, to attempt to see things as they really are, and not as the distortions of the rest of the world often make them seem. It is a function of who I am, but I have only in recent years finally honed and developed this part of me.

One of my favorite things to do is examine basic assumptions in every day thought, common world-views and espoused values taken for granted, as well as unexamined cultural memes.

I am the sort that often will do this with plain and precise language when I'm serious, but I also love to be blunt and use harsh humor at times to naturally convey an absurdity I think I detect.

What?:

I love to challenge the average person's thinking, and often challenge many who imagine themselves to be resistant, against-the-grain sorts of creatures. They often hold very commonplace inconsistencies that undergird the beliefs they hold to, the beliefs they imagine make them unique (and therefore superior) among others.

I love to expose false dichotomies. There are many areas of thought where there is a propagandized presentation of two sides of thought, meant to create the illusion that these are the only two options to choose from in reality. I attempt to sift out these false dichotomies anywhere in reality I can, and point out the fact that an immense and expansive world often stands far outside that world.

In order to think outside the box, you have to first ask if you are in one, and if you are, you must figure out how big it is and how far you must go before you will be outside of it. In our life, there are a hundred boxes we could be inside. You might get outside of one box, but still be in another, and so on.

I aim to realize, explore, and leave behind the boxes in order to better understand the world and what is true or what isn't.

While over-simplified and under-utilized, the term "Question Everything" has never meant more to me than it does now, and than it has in recent years.

Why?:

This is how we refine who we are, refine our ideas, and take better actions.We act based on what we believe, and so it matters the quality or truth of what it is we believe.

When we see things as they are and act in accordance with that reality, acting on carefully thought out ideas, we are wisdom in action.

We are wise as dragons, and our ideas are our wings.