The Crystal of Civilization

I would like at the outset of this endeavor, to thank my brother, Charles Christopher Billings, for his unwitting (?) inspiration. Our discussions over the past weeks have catalyzed certain of my thoughts, made me look upon things differently: made me think.

How can I get my ideas, my teachings really, to the largest number of people in the least amount of time? I call this burst and spread. Both burst (time) and spread (space) are needed to propagate an idea or practice effectively. Therefore I need some way, some vehicle, or vector for my ideas.

What are my ideas? As you can see from this blog history, I have come to what I think is the essence of civilization: freedom of expression, and the right to self-defense. These two rights are irreducible: I cannot say less and still speak of a civil society. Also I need not say more. These two rights, without anything added or subtracted, form the crystal of civilization.

Freedom of self expression, and the right to defend it: these are not abstract ideas, but the very implementation of the Enlightenment. I mean to teach people not to talk fruitlessly about these two rights, but to practice them daily. In effect, I am making a religion of our first two Amendments.

Now, we need a symbol, better a person, even a god, around which to gather. Now to find a suitable god...