For the past ten years I've been trying to understand how the world really works, and trying to figure out how we can fix it. In pursuing this quest, I've looked into myriad topics, and regularly posted my latest thinking to the cyberjournal lists (see below). The resulting dialog with subscribers has been extremely helpful in developing my ideas, and in clarifying the presentation. I think of Escaping the Matrix as being the culmination of a collective endeavor, although I must take sole responsibility for the final product.