Philip Loring
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Anthropology |
| Location | Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Introduction | Born in Massachusetts, I spent the best years of my childhood in a coastal town in Southern Maine. I started down the road to digital enlightenment (enslavement?) as a young boy when mom brought home my first personal computer -- a Commodore Pet. For the 20 years that followed, I was in rapture of the latent, untapped potential of the ethereal 1's and 0's. As a classically trained philosopher I avoided the traps most of my contemporary technologists fell victim to, in order to develop what I think is will be a progressive vision for our industry. To that end, I've taken a self-imposed exile from tech. I now study anthropology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where I hope to relearn how to make a good tool from some of the most resilient and adaptive people on the earth: the indigenous natives of the circumpolar north. |
| Interests | Philosophy,Japanese animation,Artificial Intelligence,Ancient Maya |
| Favorite movies | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,Lost in Translation |
| Favorite music | Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers,Soul Coughing, Norah Jones,Barenaked Ladies |
| Favorite books | Catcher in the Rye,Ishmael,The Stranger |
Which is easier to make a model airplane out of and why: a banana peel or a wet sock?
A wet sock, because balled up it will definately fly farther.