This essay made my skin crawl. The author seems so self indulgent and self involved while grasping desperately for a group identification. But hey, I'm the guy who wanders off while we are all supposed to put our hands in the middle and give three pumps and a cheer. I can agree with almost everyone of the "polling questions," but the idea that this is some kind of new way of living is laughable. Here's a question, do you have a love of learning and an interest in the well being if your fellow man? You do? Cool, guess we can skip this fucking essay. Most the people I know who embody these values the most are on the board of our neighborhood association, a faith leader, an old lady agitating for positive changes in the community or are driving their truck and trailer around picking up garbage from homeless camps and giving the litterers free socks. Maybe I'm being mean and we are talking about a brand new type of special snow flake but probably not.