: About Me

Currently, I am an undergraduate at the University of California, at Los Angeles. My major is Philosophy and I plan to pursue a graduate degree in the same area of study. This part of my life has a significant impact on my worldview, as has my past experience. However, that is very personal information and certain principles prevent me from abandoning anonymity. If anyone has any further questions you can e-mail me.

My passion is ...

life

I know too much about ...

the inaccuracy of Halo 3's multiplayer

My parents always told me ...

to clean my room

My childhood ambition ...

celebrity gynecologist to archaeologist, to architect, to lawyer, to psychologist, to professor.

My favorite memory ...

has been forgotten.

Why I write ...

to learn, to inform, to live.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading - textbooks and not too many "just for fun" books; watching - Lost, Cavemen, The Office, and Boondocks; listening - good tunes.

My first job ...

Six Flags Magic Mountain. I got fired.

My best moment ...

is now.

My inspiration ...

your life and my life.

Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy Why America needs a philosopher

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As a philosopher, a man or woman attempts to see the world, or reality, in a different light. Considering the situation of the United States, this different light is a positive light. That light can be more specifically described as a positive, critical light. The term critical can often bear certain negative connotations. Here, however, it should take the form of constructive rather than destructive. So, the philosopher will attempt to look at the world in a critical way, such as to meditate upon possible constructive solutions or answers. Often time such meditation rises more questions t...

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