User:Mike Johnson

About me

I have a B.A. in philosophy from St. Olaf College. My post-graduation experiences have ranged from day trading to working on a patent for audio equalization. Like most people who study philosophy, I'm interested in quite a few rather disparate things.

Interests

- Wikis

- Future technological change (I find Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" to be a very important, if somewhat naive, book- my review is here)

- Frontiers in virtual worlds and games (i.e. Second Life and Spore)

- Algorithmic content analysis

- Various aspects of biology including neurology, genetics, and evolution. I have a particular interest in how constraints from physical chemistry and biochemistry may limit cellular and organismal complexity.

- 'Prize philanthropy'

These are merely interests. I am far from being an expert about any of these things. Some day, perhaps. :)

I blog at http://moderndragons.blogspot.com/.

Citizendium

I'm a constable here on Citizendium. Please let me know if you need a hand with something.

To Do List

In the short term, I plan on helping with blog outreach and continuing to help with personnel duties. I also want to sink my teeth into some articles. In the longer term, well, I'm trying to figure that out.