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[edit] Who I am
I make my living figuring out how to best use technology to solve business problems. I've helped pharmaceutical companies with medical research programs, banks with risk and compliance issues, media and entertainment companies with new business development, and a number of companies on topics related to a term I dislike: knowledge management. My interests include cooking, photography, ethics, current events, and various religious issues.
A native of Norway, I was raised there, Canada, and Austria. I have my university education from San Francisco State University and Columbia Business School. I live in the suburbs of New Jersey and commute to New York City.
I have over 5,000 edits under my belt, of which about 3,500 are in the main space - with hope I am getting better at this stuff.
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[edit] If you're going here because you're irritated by my edits
- No, Wikipedia is not a place for you to promote your version of the truth
- A neutral point of view means, among other things, that a reader should walk away from an article with a clear sense of what the controversy is all about.
- It is a true statement to say that "some people believe the earth is flat," even if the earth isn't flat.
- Too many articles in Wikipedia are cluttered by editorial asides that belong in other articles.
- I'm sorry - well not really - if facts don't fit your sense of reality.
- Having said that, I appreciate that the same events look different depending on your point of view. This means that a neutral point of view should be recognizable to to both (or all) sides, even if there is much else they disagree about.
- Looking to the majority to decide political issues makes sense; looking to the majority for the truth is foolish. Everything we hold to be true now was once only believed by a heretical minority.
- The next question after someone says: "The majority of people/nations/experts believe X" should be "why?" not "why do you believe differently?"
- I tend to strive for MECE structures. Look it up.
- I am not above these standards myself, and I am far from infallible. But you still have to convince me that I'm wrong.
- I do get annoyed sometimes. I shouldn't, but I care about the things I write about.
[edit] Interests and accomplishments
I believe to have moved knowledge forward in the following areas:
- Autism, especially within non-mainstream views
- History of Norway, especially World War II history (Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany), but also notable Norway in 1814 and Norway in 1905; also see Gunboat War
- DP Camps and especially Sh'erit ha-Pletah
- Norwegian political issues, e.g., Kings Bay Affair, Norway and the European Union, and Alta controversy
- Oppdal, where I was born
- Lysaker, where I lived much of my life
- Ocean Falls, where I also lived for a few years
- Architecture of Norway
- Feminism in Norway; Katti Anker Møller, Karen-Christine Friele, Berit Ås, Aasta Hansteen
- Norwegian photography
- Jews in Norway, History of the Jews in Denmark
- Battle of Springfield (1780), Battle of Rhode Island
- Knute Nelson (ongoing)
- Maplewood, New Jersey, especially the history section
I would like to write more on Norwegian architecture, history, and politics. I'd like to finish the article on Knute Nelson and write more on Norwegian-American topics. There are also a large number of Norwegian writers who deserve their own article, as well as other leaders, including politicians and activists. There are quite a few impressive feminists from Norway.
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