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Who is R Brasher

I struggle with this question, maybe more than I should. I could identify myself by my name, but a name is just a symbol. Knowing a symbol without knowing what it represents is the same as not knowing anything at all.

I could identify myself by telling you whom I know. That would go a fair distance, because our identities all are greatly influenced by our social context. However, identifying myself by naming other people would not tell you who they are. Alas, it would be no different logically than merely naming myself.

What is rbrasher.com

These are my proving grounds. Here is where I test content before presenting to a wider audience.

Blogs still exist as a thing, but large social media sites come equipped with audience out of the box. The owner of a blog must seek their own audience, often by using other social media outlets as advertising platforms. That brings up the question of what value a blog can have under these conditions where large social media sites dominate social networks.

I Am Reuben Brasher

My name is Reuben Brasher, and I believe in the power of human reason to improve our lives. In my years working in the tech industry, I have sought opportunities to collaborate with teams that share this belief. While there is something noble in any collective endeavor to produce a product, the product itself cannot be the ultimate goal, nor can mere profit from selling a successful product. To the customer who purchases a product, that product can either benefit or harm them, and the team that creates that product must have the wisdom to ask which of these outcomes will occur.

100 Words

Now is your chance, your one chance. Quickly and without thought, choose one hundred words.

You have met a stranger, a person about whom you know nothing except that this person holds the key to your fate, and you have only one hundred words you can speak before this person decides whether to leaves and be gone forever or to stay and be your loyal friend and powerful ally.

San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance

The San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance was enacted in 1993 and amended by Proposition G in 1999 (City and County of San Francisco, 1999). The ordinance was created to ensure that the operations of the local government are conducted openly and transparently, allowing the public full access to government decisions and actions. It reflects the belief that the government’s duty is to serve the public openly and that the people have a fundamental right to know what their government is doing. It acknowledges the importance of public access to information for a healthy democracy and emphasizes that secrecy in government should be rare and strictly limited. The ordinance also aims to hold public officials accountable for any attempts to conduct government business in secret, ensuring that the people of San Francisco remain in control of their government.