Think for yourself.

Ask questions.

Question what you know.

Ask what you do not know.

Question authority.

Question your own authority.

Question assumptions.

Question the rules.

Question what you're told.

Pay careful attention to the answers.

Learn the history.

Know the context.

Decide for yourself.

Be prepared to stand your ground.

Pay attention to your own mind

and your own instinct.

Be prepared to change your mind.

Open your mind and your instinct

to new possibilities.

Comminucate.

Act it. Do it.

Caveat:

Through these essays I have asserted generalizations based on personal observations, they're not specific facts which can be verified or researched findings. You are welcome -- encouraged, in fact -- to test these observations out yourself, discuss it with your peers, poke at them, prod at them, do whatever you need to find out yourself what truth there might be to what I've said, or where I'm blinded by my own biases, prejudices, and assumptions. It goes without saying that I'd like you to not dismiss what I've said off-handedly, but I'd like to add: don't take me as some authority or take my words as final and stop thinking there.