For Joy and Wisdom

   Synopsis

Skateboarding and backpacking in Europe, traveling free of schedule or plan, I discover a lifestyle geared toward human purpose rather than human resource.  The bottlenecks to living this lifestyle are identified as The-God-of-the-Middle-Class, which leads to defining the cornerstone for a wide social evolution.

This true story of a skateboarding trip takes readers step for step with 25-year-old Jason Mallory, graduating college, snowboarding in Tahoe, dancing on the streets of New York City, rapping in Germany, playing DJ shows in Switzerland, camping on Mount Olympus with an Orthodox Monk, and living in an Italian beach commune where meeting a girl named Mary. 

Symbolic scenes describe Jason’s unique interface with the soup of world he is immersed in.  The-God-of-the-Middle-Class is identified as a sweeping motivation flowing through the speech and actions of near sovereign individuals, and the beneficial relevance of this ghost-like system to the world is questioned. 

Example-like occurrences in the story give Jason's narrative the ability to discuss issues of the globalizing public and other effects of technological maturity, making argument for a global court system, as well as stating the cornerstone socio-economic policy “Every person has the right to one equal share of the Representative Robotic Labor Force.” 

For Joy and Wisdom brings a light, entertaining and relatable reader experience to some heavy ideas that carry real implications.