It’s 2008. Add sideways and you get 10 add again and you get 1. This is an occult numerologists way to extract meaning from numbers. One is a year of beginning, wholeness, unity, individuality (as paradoxical as this may seem), and synthesis.

My New Year’s resolution is to resolve to do “what I ought, do what I resolve,” to quote Ben Franklin’s ultimate virtue. So first I am resolving to write more and connect more with those like-minded cultural creatives who are not looking to maintain the status quo, who are guided by spiritual thinking, and who believe we are all responsible for the future together. Since I can’t get direct feedback on this site, I have started a freer blog called Ben’sBenchmark on Google. Social Networking continues to flourish and change what is possible. It has initiated new freedoms along with less privacy. How will this dynamic play out? We shall see.