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Hi all. I've been a lurker at this site for a while now. A few years- yikes, I'm an old timer? I've been using DK (among others) to stay informed (and keep my people informed!), so I didn't have reason to participate actively. Well, I do now. Oh yeah, I do now.
I'm very much the planet amelioration ("make the world a better place") type, and I reckon many here are too. Also, I'm a big nerd (where my nerds at?), so I've been studying how to do this planetary amelioration stuff. This is what I'll be writing about here, so brace yourself for a funtastic mix of philosophy, economics, physiology, environmental science, math, and more. Given the current discussion on values, I suppose this is timely. I'll also be shamelessly promoting Felicifia, the online utilitarianism community I help run.
Did I really just say funtastic? Eeek. You didn't hear that.
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