Dan Flag

Why do we follow straight lines when the universe is curved?

Consciousness is a map. It expands as you explore.

When I was 6, my mother and I moved into her new partner's modest but comfortable home on the edge of downtown Anchorage, across the street from an elementary school that I did not attend. The school's playground was scary to me. Usually empty when I

When I was 20, I hitchhiked from Vancouver, BC back home to Anchorage. It took about 3 days, but only 8 rides, because the last guy took me more than 1,500 miles. He was another good dude from Ohio headed to Ak for the summer to work as a

I like to talk to strangers, because it teaches me more about the world, and gives me a little opportunity to try and gently lift people up. The production of positive emotions in humans and animals reduces Total Gross Suffering, and the production of negative emotions increases it. In 30