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Edward [H+]

Embrace Unity

About Me


Of all the profiles in all the social networks in all the world... you just had to come to mine. Well, I suppose that since you made it this far, I should tell you a bit about myself.

I am a very politically aware person and am a supporter of Ralph Nader . I consider myself a Progressive.

I am health conscious and am a runner.

My personality type is INTJ

I am a Democratic Transhumanist

I am a Secular Humanist and a Naturalistic Pantheist

To learn more about me, and many of the same things you just learned, visit http://www.embraceunity.com/

My Interests

Distance Running, Fitness, Social Democracy, TechnoProgressivism, Democratic Transhumanism, Naturalistic Pantheism, Utilitarianism, Sustainable Development, Open Source, Web Design, Computer Programming, Video Games, Science Fiction, The Future, Technology, Eating, Sleeping, Females

I'd like to meet:


"A girl with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks" - Steve Martin

Music:

The Beatles, The Who, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Eagles, New Order, Johnny Cash, Depeche Mode, Elton John, REM, Stevie Wonder, Fatboy Slim, Garth Brooks, ELO, INXS, Spinners, Bob Dylan, Genesis, Steve Earle, U2, Buddy Holly, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, CCR, Tears for Fears, Doobie Brothers, Queen, Dream Theater, Faith No More, Scorpions, Foreigner, Boston, Kansas, ACDC, Def Leppard, Guns n Roses, The Clash, Guess Who, Moby, Deep Purple, Randy Newman, Aphex Twin, Run DMC, Nine Inch Nails, Orgy, Bobby Darin, The Kinks, Blancmange, Information Society, VNV Nation, Culture Kultur, Informatik, Seabound, Covenant, Icon of Coil, DeVision, Wolfsheim, Apoptygma Berzerk, KMFDM, Mindless Self Indulgence, Clint Mansell, Rob Dougan, John Williams, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, Wagner, Holst, and many many more.

Movies:

Groundhog Day, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, American Beauty, Dr Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Star Wars, Star Trek, E.T., Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Big Fish, V for Vendetta, Casablanca, North by Northwest, Memento, Batman, Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, Edward Scissorhands, Blade Runner, Die Hard, The Matrix, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Casino Royale, Young Frankenstein, Idle Hands, The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, This Is Spinal Tap, High Fidelity, Manufacturing Consent, The Corporation, Crash, Platoon, Willy Wonka, LA Confidential, Gangs of New York, Shawshank Redemption, A Fish Called Wanda, Office Space, Quills, Interview with the Vampire, Koyaanisqatsi, Hero, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, It's A Wonderful Life, Harvey, Singing in the Rain, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, anything from Monty Python, and about a billion more.

Television:

Daily Show, Colbert Report, Coupling, Family Guy, Futurama, Trigger Happy TV, SeaLab 2021, Seinfeld, South Park, Simpsons, Current TV, IFC, CSPAN.

Books:

America the Book, Manufacturing Consent, Failed States, The World of Yesterday, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, The Sane Society, The End of Poverty, Guns Germs and Steel, Globalization and Its Discontents, Fahrenheit 451, Ender's Game, Brave New World, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blowback, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dune, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Da Vinci Code, Dark Tower, The Prince, Utilitarianism, Heart of Darkness, A Short History of Nearly Everything, The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Singularity is Near, Citizen Cyborg, Godel Escher and Bach, Breaking the Spell, The End of Faith, The Selfish Gene, A Brief History of Time

Heroes:

Albert Einstein, Gandhi, MLK, FDR, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Ralph Nader, Russell Feingold, Eliot Spitzer, Paul Wellstone, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, Andrew Bacevich, Chalmers Johnson, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Murray Bookchin, Noam Chomsky, Erich Fromm, Charles Darwin, Peter Kropotkin, Karl Marx, Jeffrey Sachs, Salman Rushdie, John Stuart Mill, Spinoza, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Lawrence Lessig, Mark Shuttleworth, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman

My Blog

The Empire of Liberty

Thomas Jefferson coined the term Empire of Liberty to describe his vision for the United States. Considering the way power functions in human civilization, it seems that imperialism was nearly unavoid...
Posted by Edward [H+] on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:39:00 PST

The Real Road to Serfdom

Hayek's Road to Serfdom, while well-intentioned, is a completely misguided piece of literature because Hayek never thought in terms of the political compass, but rather in terms of some contrived spec...
Posted by Edward [H+] on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:59:00 PST

Military-Industrial Complex

There is much to be concerned with regarding the United States's imperialism and militarism, and, as a US citizen, I am deeply troubled by this. I support a strong military, but calling the US milita...
Posted by Edward [H+] on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:02:00 PST

P2P Foundation

New innovations that have been rapidly popping up on the Internet and elsewhere are paving the way for a revolution in the way society itself works."Web 2.0" and community-based w...
Posted by Edward [H+] on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:59:00 PST

Embrace Unity!

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind." - Albert Einstein I have been doing some thinking lately and refining some of my deeply held values. I would like to share this wit...
Posted by Edward [H+] on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:33:00 PST

Existential Risks

The famous physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking recently asked a question on Yahoo Answers. The question was, "In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race su...
Posted by Edward [H+] on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:20:00 PST

Sanguine Samurai

One of my better poems: In the land of Sanguine Samurai Conscious creatures continually die Paradises become battlefields Blood stains the starfields The disintegrating dictators are dreary and dry P...
Posted by Edward [H+] on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:08:00 PST