I'm on here mainly for book/reading recommendations :) This site is really great for it!

I admire people who hold onto their passions, despite the immense pressure we all face to conform. Career-wise, I am currently in grad school to get licensed to teach high school mathematics.

Through a combination of various life circumstances and choices, I came to reject the usual compromise exchanging 40 hours a week for 30 years of passionless work for a secure paycheck. "Work hard / play hard" is probably right for some, but I prefer "pursue passion" combined with meditation and thoughtfulness. This path has led to teaching math in public high schools as a career choice, which I could go on and on about :)

I think the most important issue is probably "Who are the leaders of technological culture?" Whether or not society is able to become more compassionate to each other and learn to appreciate deep art depends largely on who is in control of technology, because technology runs so much of how we communicate and manage their day-to-day lives.
Aaron Swartz should be a household name. He was tragically driven to suicide because he stood up for free-access for everyone to technology.

!Oh yeah, I have a blog

maybe that i'm very introverted? hard for an introvert to be sure, though :p

Authors: Wolfgang Giegerich, Stephen Wolfram, Andrew Harvey, Virginia Woolf, Carl Jung, Miles Mathis
Books: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill, Awareness by Anthony De Mello
Movies: CLOUD ATLAS, Fanny and Alexander, Bulworth, Born on the Fourth of July
Music: Mozart, Pink Floyd, indie
TV: The Wire, Colbert, X-files, Buffy, Always Sunny

1. All I've learned from my sister Mary and my nephew Joshua.
2. The inspiration from the life of my grandmother, who as I heard from countless of her former students, helped open their mind to become more conscientious persons.
3. The direction that I've received from the writings of Wolfgang Giegerich, Carl Jung, Walter Benjamin, Andrew Harvey, and Miles Mathis.
4. gotta say the internet.
5. All the close friendships I developed during my education in Alabama and North Carolina.
6. aaaand, I'll go with "music" for now

Socially-engaged spirituality, writings of Wolfgang Giegerich and Walter Benjamin, this website I recently discovered milesmathis.com

quick word regarding religious beliefs: ALL religious traditions have much to learn from each other, and no one tradition has a monopoly on God. My take on Jesus is I agree with Carl Jung, Jesus is more God than man, and not fully either.

reading or working on computer programming. currently, that is...

I guess I would admit to an abnormally intense admiration for Freddy Mercury and Warren Beatty...

your passion makes it impossible to settle for less than the full depth and complexity of life.