- My core values that I live by are (a) freedom; (b) equality; (c) solidarity. I usually sum those up as "do whatever the fuck you want as long as your actions don't impair the ability of others to do whatever the fuck they want."

- I firmy believe that with technological and scientific progress, the freedom to behave as said above will increse. A comparative review of technological advances vs. changes in personal and societal liberties shows that with every technological advance, society is altered (some times more than others) in the direction of more freedom, more choices, more individual power.

- The idea of transhumanism enters here: why limit our technological inquiry and advancement only to extra-human efforts? Why not attemp to enhance ourselves and aspire to become 'post'-humans? There is a strong case to be made here that this is already the case; glasses, artificial limbs and organs, stem cell use, etc., all of these are kinds of technological enhancements of the human body. This is only tangentially related to the anarchistic ideas disscussed above, but it also reflects some freedom: over oneself's body.

- The idea of cooperation vs. competition, on which I expanded here. (Sorry, but I'm not sure how to link to comment threads yet.)

- I realize full well that technology can also be utilized for wrongdoings. This much is obvious to anyone exposed to facebook, for example. I guess the bigger idea I'd call "technological optimism."

- I also don't expect (or advocate) some violent revolution. I actually think that would do mostly harm rather then benefit anyone (except maybe the ruling class). The idea here is to support technology up until the point it allows us to engage in the kind of freedoms we want (that is not to say we then stop supporting it; only that that is the direction).

- Finally, perhaps most importantly, I'm againt coercion, more specifically unjustifed coercion (can expand on that, though it gets a tad philosophical), which means that I don't expect or intend to force anyone to live in my type of society; I merely wish to be extended the same courtesy from others.

Shit, that was long. Sorry for any incoherence, as I'm typing this on mobile, which was a poor choice (not that I had any other; still on guard duty at the base!). Happy to answer any questions that might arise.