It Begins...

Have you ever had so many thoughts that you didn't think your mind could contain them all? Did you wish you could share those thoughts with other people? I would imagine everyone that starts a blog has felt these things, and I've decided to join the fray. The idea is to update at least twice a week and to talk about current events in the world. My main interests are science, technology, politics, society, and philosophy, so those will be the main topics discussed in this blog, but I thought I'd use the first entry to discuss my reasons for starting this blog.

Too many times in my short life have I felt like people were just going through life on cruise control. Eat, sleep, work, and don't rock the boat. Rinse. Repeat. But why do people do the things they do? Should people do the things they do? How do we judge whether something should be or not? Where do we even go to begin looking for answers? I think that all through our lives, we do our best to answer these questions, to varying degrees of success. Although I can't pretend to know these things, I do know that in an attempt to understand a little more about life, we can use our experiences in life and the things we see in the world around us. My only hope with this blog is to share my observations and ponderings on life and maybe, possibly reach a higher understanding of life, the universe, and everything (and don't tell me it's 42). Fumbling in the dark, really. But isn't that all that anyone can reasonably be expected do?