Michael Arth's Biography
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Full Name:
Michael 'Biking Mike' E. Arth
Gender:
Male
Family:
Spouse: Shasta; 1 Child: Sophia
Birth Date:
04/27/1953
Birth Place:
Burtonwood Air Force Base, England
Home City:
DeLand, FL
Religion:
"Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble." -- J. Campbell
Attended, University of California at Los Angeles
Attending, Global Politics, University of London
Attended, Art/Philosophy/Psycology, University of Texas at Austin, 1971-1974
Candidate, President of the United States, 2020
Candidate, Florida State Governor, 2010
No caucus information on file.
Managing Member, Garden District II LLC, Garden District LLC, 2003 to present
Owner/Manager, Golden Apples Media Limited Liability Company, 2007-present
Builder and Designer, Pedestrian Villages Limited Liability Company, 2006-present
Owner, The Garden District Limited Liability Company, 2002-present
Designer/Builder, Michael E. Arth Design, 1978-2006
Artist, Linnea Graphics, 1973-1988
Founder, Universal Network of Intelligent Conscious Entities (UNICE) Global Brain Project, 2015-present
Founder, Villages For The Homeless
Father's Occupation:
Meteorologist in the Air Force and then Geophysicist till his death in 1985.
Favorite Author:
Gunter Grass, James Joyce, Joseph Campbell, Ray Kurzweil, Yuval Noah Harari, Aldous Huxley, H.G. Wells, and many more.
Favorite Websites:
For more information visit my primary websites at michaelarth.org, michaelarth.com, and Michael E. Arth - YouTube.
First Job:
Cinnamon toast stand at age 6, paper boy at age 12, yard boy at 14, janitor at age 15, pizza parlor worker at age 15, lifeguard at age 16 and 17. Artist by age 17.
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Art, architecture, urban design (founder of New Pedestrianism), documentary filmmaking, photography, policy analysis, political science, Artificial intelligence, and philosophy.
Personal Hero and Why:
Thomas Paine, one of the Founding Fathers. A true progressive who risked his life to argue for suffrage, universal basic income, democracy, freedom of speech and more.
Publications:
Democracy and the Common Wealth: Breaking the Stranglehold of the Special Interests (2010)
The Labors of Hercules: Modern Solutions to 12 Herculean Problems (forthcoming)
Michael E. Arth: Introspective 1972-1982 (1983)