Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.
John HodgmanI have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.
John HodgmanI'm not a particularly religious person, but that feeling of getting transmissions from someplace else, even if it's from your own consciousness, is very, very real. To me, at least.
John HodgmanI am someone who values knowledge, actual knowledge. I also value stories and fiction a whole lot, and that's where the fake knowledge comes in.
John Hodgman