A worthy man with worthy words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1nSuWztIrY

Adam Savage, I do not agree with everything you say, but I will defend your right to say it.

That being said, I agree with just about everything and am completely incapable of phrasing my own response with anything resembling your eloquence.  Nitpicking over trivial detail is unnecessary and ungentlemanly.  Well done sir.  Well done.

Reason, problem solving and the beliefs that drive them are the ways we make dreams real.  I also have children and I also dream about a world where they can contribute, improve their lives and the lives of others.  I dream they will be not just happy, but fulfilled.  And I have no idea how to make that happen.

That's scary as hell.

I'm learning that being a father is not about being fearless, it's about not panicking.  Fear can be a tool, it can be used as fuel for action, and adrenaline can make a body to amazing things.  I think it's fair for me to be scared and uncertain about the future.  I think it's ok to have no idea of how to fix long-term or massive scale problems right now.  I think what makes that ok is trying with every resource I have to find those ideas and while they percolate around in my brain making sure I at least do no further harm.  It is however NOT ok to never have those ideas.  For now, I will dream, but in dreaming I will not forget to watch where I am going.

I tell my boy to watch where he is going, I should at least do the same.

And so it begins

Dreams.  The sum of hope and fear divided by the future.  That's math I can get behind.  I decided to start this blog for no other reason than to make sure I don't forget that dreams are the propulsion of creativity, the engine of the imagination and a thousand other quips, cliches and pithy remarks that also happen to be true.  If I update, when I update, I'll add what I can.

When I had children I really stopped dreaming about my own future, because it seemed less relevant and less interesting.  Now I dream about their future, and what I see scares me probably exactly as it has scared every parent all the way back.  What will their world look like?  Will they be happy?  Will they even survive?  I try to teach my children that fear can be productive, panic can't.

So let's see what I can make from fear.