How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whoreAnd a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spotIn the Caribbean by providence impoverishedIn squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar? The ten-dollar founding father without a fatherGot a lot farther by working a...

All evidence in the world points to reasonableness. Amiableness. Politeness. Gentle-man.But all progress in the world relies on the unreasonable man. The man willing to draw a line for himself, his family, his community, in service of his kind.Service for your kind....

The image of the lone hero, toiling at his station, hammer in hand, hitting, clank.clank.clank.Again.Clank!Clank!CLANK!Oh the heroes that come to mind, the individual warriors toiling at their chosen task. The romantic notion of a single man, a single individual...

A fancy term involving Gods and Machines.Well, I'd first like to say that we are all at once machines. Most often times when we think we're the ones who create and choose our values, if we were truly honest with ourselves, would realize that we actually don't.Who we...

Yknow reading about something is entirely different from experiencing something. The myriad emotions and deep, deep issues you need to grapple with on an everyday basis, is well.... for lack of a better word. Tough.It's very tough. It's so tough that you actually have...

"Moana, make way, make way! Moana, it's time you knew The village of Motunui is All you need The dancers are practising They dance to an ancient song (Who needs a new song? This old one's all we need) This tradition is our mission And Moana, there's so much to do...

To be great, we must be obsessed. There is great comfort to be had that the greats are no different from us. That at one point of time they were at the place we are at now. Nobody was born running. Every single thing they have done, and competence gained, has been...

Life is a funny thing. We all are more or less on this Earth to do a pretty standard set of things; But what distinguishes the best, from the rest, that is what intrigues me. Many have told me not to give up on conventional academics, that I had potential....

Hi, I'm Fred and the founder of ForgeX. I can only speak for myself, and how I view the world... I'm writing this so that I may express my thoughts, as well as to remind myself what and why I'm doing this. Afterall, there isn't a following at all on this website haha....