Introductions

About R.N. Shaw

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I’m R.N. Shaw. I love to think about the stories and undercurrents that make us who we are. In fact, I just love to think in general, and I try to read things that inspire me to think a little harder. I am deeply passionate about philosophy, but academic discussions with no teeth frustrate me—I think philosophy should fundamentally change your reality or it’s pretty pointless.

I believe that we have barely begun to solve some of the most basic yet critical problems of humanity—how to exist in community, how to distribute our goods and our technology, how to love, how to produce food without destroying our ecosystem—and I get excited about searching for those solutions. I don’t believe those solutions can be found by letting history define us. We need to get creative as a species. We need to reinvent our value systems and take ownership of our choices.

I’m a software engineer with a degree in philosophy working from home on a five acre hobby farm in central Wisconsin. I’m working to build a life where technology and story and wisdom intersect to make something beautiful. This is where I think out loud about all of it.