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Chogan Swan

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Chogan Swan is a subversive, wild-eyed, non-violent neoRevolutionary who lives in the country of the mind in the world of thoughts in the universe of ideas.

In this tiny corner of the space-time continuum, Chogan studied Philosophy and later collected graduate degrees in Business and Systems Engineering from a major US university renowned for its abundant alcohol consumption and passion for a particularly barbaric blood-sport. Go Hokies! :)

These studies, however, led to an interest in Systems Thinking and how to work together to save the world for everyone.

It won't be easy.
(But then what is that's worth having?)

Philosopher, poet, prophet, revolutionary--sentients in various realities have used these words to describe Chogan. Of course, the t
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Nom-de-guerre: Why?

Hi everyone, Chogan here –
A number of people have asked me lately why I’ve decided to write with a nom-de-guerre. Fair question… here are the reasons.
I choose to remain anonymous for three reasons.
Reason one: I’m a pretty private person. I don’t want my personal life to be taken over by the persona of “My Name, the Author of…” I think it might cause me to forget to turn off the artificial definin Read more of this blog post »
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“People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful.”
Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

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“Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore.”
Harlan Ellison, Dangerous Visions

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