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Notes on steps taken and on breakdowns and resolutions of problems encountered. (2025-03-16: WLA the primary dev on this) - branch "wla-markpub-upgrade-20250316" created to hold and test the changes needed for the upgrade. - first phase steps: - [...]

[John Taylor Gatto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto) loved to tell stories about how capable young people are. He collected them. One of his favorite stories to tell was about [Admiral David [...]

*Commons don't have to be tragedies.* You'll find context for this post, which is part of a short series, [[Introducing My Contrarians|here]]. [...]

(draft) *Kids are naturally curious. Why do we stamp it out?* You'll find context for this post, which is part of a short series, [[Introducing My Contrarians|here]]. Gatto is one of the crustiest contrarians I've had the pleasure to meet. He also [...]

(organizing page, not a post) In October 2022 I gave a keynote in Bucharest, Romania, titled [[A Worldview Built from Contrarians]]. Here are the sections, in the order I presented them, with more context: - [[Introducing My Contrarians]] (done) - [...]