It all started...

It all started back in 1984. A blue-eyed baby boy was introduced to a seemingly endless and fascinating world. Rumor has it... his mother lost ten pounds in the first few years of his life simply by racing to keep him from getting into ANYTHING his little arms could reach. See, baby boy was ceaselessly curious... and I still am. Curiosity pervades almost my every thought. But no longer is it the excited, adventurous wonder of a child, now my thoughts lead me on a quest of much nobler pursuits; the quest for truth. As a young boy, this quest led me to become an avid reader. While many my age were lost in a video game, I was lost in a book. Upon reading one book, a new topic would be discovered, and the quest continued. Over the years of all my reading I have discovered one fundamental, yet uncomfortable truth that permeates all humanity; the world we all think we know... is not as it seems. History can be covered up, data can be manipulated, "real" news can be suppressed, and if we're not paying attention... we're none the wiser. And indeed, most of us, are not paying attention. And those of us that are, and try to inform others, are often censored or even worse. But perhaps steemit will help to change that. I was drawn to the platform for the very reason that, by combining elements of a free market with direct democracy, it allows free expression to be what it is supposed to be while still having incentive for people to be civil. How libertarian of you, steemit! ;) I hope to use the platform to share some of the many truths I have discovered over the years (while not playing video games) so that at least more of my fellow citizens of the world will have a better grasp of, well... how the world actually is! Peace!