Ken Slaathaug, Poet, Father, Mathematician and LIbertarian

Dear Reader: I sent these Facebook entries to my nephew tonite: hank you Ken. You probably do not know this but there is a loner/individualist/individuator/libertarian streak that runs in our family going back 5 generations at a minimum, if we count you. We are too a large degree products of our family influences and genetic traits.

With my background in philosophy and immersion in 1980s self-actualization movement, plus 40 years of working with common folk absolutely laden with untapped, wasted, bounteous talent, I know with complete certainty that by the time Amelia is 30 years old, people will have learned to use their remarkable abilities as routinely as putting gas in the car gas tank. To make this possible, our grandchildren do not need to abandon group-living, but its social emphasis must be downplayed secondarily behind fulfillment of the personal, critical lifelong process of self-development so obligatory to living a full and happy life. This mass pattern of individual living is how we are going to prepare our grandchildren for living as fitting, competent, patriotic supercitizens enjoying, working in and expanding the American Way, our high civilization.