Hello, I'm Icarus. I've been making occasional edits on Wikipedia since 2008, but have recently been increasing my web presence through joining various online communities under the username 'Icarus Twelve'. My aspirations are to educate and inspire others to spread awareness about new technologies and the developing space industry.
I have formal education in aerospace engineering and nuclear engineering as well as interests in machine learning, space advocacy, and futurism. I make my living through entrepreneurship in new and developing technology industries and currently am enjoying a minimalistic lifestyle which allows me to move frequently and experience new cultures.
Areas of interest
edit- The emergence of the NewSpace industry and advancing technology related to private space ventures and comparison to the space initiatives of the early decades of the space age
- political theory and political science applied to societal change and advancement; not necessarily politics.
- human innovation applied to concepts in transhumanism and futurism
- Evolution and adaptation of human society and bringing about new ways of thinking through open mindedness and acceptance of alternate cultures, life perspectives, and ideologies such as the social organism theory.
- The intersection of economics, philosophy and politics. A small area outside the mainstream of each of the three disciplines as they exist today in academia, and is generally understudied and undertheorized.
- Efficient energy, especially progress related to alternative energy, energy markets, and smartgrid infrastructure development
- software, hardware, and embedded system technology development applied to machine learning and artificial intelligence.
- The Semantic Web and next-generation communication technology
Wikipedia projects
edit- Improve Wikipedia coverage of the emerging NewSpace (alt.space) aspect of spaceflight and contribute to documenting the early decades of the space age.
- Endeavor to help improve Wikipedia citations by relentlessly tagging for Cleanup articles I happen upon.
- WikiProject Spaceflight: article assessment
- WikiProject Spaceflight: GW's audit of orbital spaceflights
 | This user is a member of WikiProject Spaceflight. |
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Robotics. |
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Energy. |
 | This user participates in WikiProject Citation cleanup. |
Wikipedia Editing Resources
edit- WP:UTM - user talk messages, i.e., warnings
- Article improvement templates: cleanups, Template:refimprove, Template:unreferenced, Template:Verifiability and sources
- Help:IPA for English - IPA codes for English words, Template:pron-en - template for English IPA*For Wikipedia article traffic statistics, see stats.grok.se.
- Article statistics:
Quotes
edit- "Per aspera ad astra (Through hardships to the stars)"
- "The freedom to read and learn what you wish, without being spied upon, is a fundamental human right which is core to everything that we do and everything that we stand for." --Jimbo Wales. 15 January 2014