One cannot maintain open curiosity forever about a given subject. One would risk becoming a kind of stunted animal, mouth-agape, always questioning and never learning. No; one must at some point begin to welcome a precious few beliefs, and to post guards around them. Ideally, one continues scanning the horizon,

I’ve realized that this website is my autobiography. When my life is no longer an active/creative process – when I become a historical figure, however minor – this website will be my one shot at spinning a narrative. To that end, I will (from now on) make a point to

I used to be of a mindset that the experts and officials probably had things under control. Then two things happened. First, I became an expert in a field. It’s truly a humbling experience (it isn’t bullshit when people say that, as I’d previously assumed). It was a small field,