excellent share, Dan.
while many of us might have grasped some of the foundational philosophy behind this venture, it adds another dimension of humanness to read your inside perspective as to how you've grown into this position. lots of points in here that people can definitely relate to on a human level - whether the distaste for government and the rebellious approach to the system, the striving to create something new in the world, or the family challenges.
the "founder" title can tend to obscure the facts that there's a real person with deeply-passionate drives, motives, and an interesting history behind them - that this post helps to shine alot of light back onto. :-)