Made in the USA

A product that is “Made in the USA” both sources it’s materials and builds the final product in the United States, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

It’s a high bar, and one that fewer and fewer products meet. We are a society that increasingly wants cheap plastic junk from China. Our addiction to cheap stuff has very real costs associated with it, but it doesn’t stop us from buying the bottom dollar product in the big box store.

When I see a problem I have the immediate and almost uncontrollable desire to want to fix it. If I can’t fix a problem, my curiosity then drives me to learn and understand why. I see a lot of problems in our world, but I believe that with conversation comes change.

Meaningful conversation is predicated on the idea that we want to understand each other. The meaningful conversation I’m talking about isn’t possible if our goal is only to be understood.

Brother Lawrence (born Nicolas Herman) was a French soldier who served at the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Paris. After his death a book compiled from notes of several conversations had with him, and letters written by him was published.

The people in his life were deeply impacted by his single goal of bringing a conscious personal union between himself and God.

He developed the practice over four years by thinking about God constantly regardless of his outward activity or circumstance.

What is Matrix?

Matrix is the basis for an open chat platform that aims to be a viable alternative to various centralized proprietary platforms like Discord, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, or iMessage.

What makes Matrix better than those platforms?

Proprietary platforms can lock you out of your account or shutdown the service preventing you from communicate with your contacts.

Matrix operates decentralized and federated. That means that no one server is required for you to use Matrix, therefore no one person or organization can prevent you from using it. Think of it like email. As long as you know someone’s email address you can contact them. It doesn’t matter if you both use the same email provider or not (ie: gmail vs outlook) you can message them.