We’ll be getting underway here within the next couple of months, probably leading off with the article Hospice Earth.

Many thanks to David H. for building the infrastructure and for having the patience to deal with my weird schedule.

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For now I’ll leave you to contemplate some of the most inspiring words ever written in the English language:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all (persons) are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
-the Founders (Jefferson with help from Franklin et. al.)

And as well, words of caution:

“The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest”
-Albert Einstein (referring to the exponential function)

“The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to emotionally comprehend the exponential function.”
-Edward Teller