Near-Earth Object is a weblog by me, Paul Fidalgo, about culture, technology, religion, books, media, politics, and my own considerable difficulty with being human. Mostly that, really.
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About Paul
I’m an actor, musician, writer, and father.
My time in professional theatre has included five amazing years with the American Shakespeare Center (and one less than amazing year at the Actors Studio Drama School). More recently I have proudly directed several productions for the University of New England’s UNE Players and performed with Fenix Theatre and Schoolhouse Arts in Maine.
I have written and recorded quite a bit of music in my time, much of which you can find on the major streaming and download platforms.
After about a decade as a professional actor, I earned a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University in Washington, DC, and worked in various areas of national politics. I now live in Maine. I was for a time a contributor for Friendly Atheist and Android Police.
In 2016, at the age of 38, I was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, also known as autism spectrum disorder, also known as being quirky and awkward.
I was one of the contributors to the Wicked Problems Collaborative‘s books What Do We Do About Inequality? with the essay “Noble Fictions and Sacred Texts” and What Do We Do After the Pandemic? with the essay “The Aliens Among Us.”
My essay “The Dead Tree” was published in the thirteenth Dark Mountain book.
In October 2017, I was the second Richard Kirschman Free Thought Fellow at the Mesa Refuge in Point Reyes Station, California. That, at long last, resulted in the very long article “Post-Humans on a Sterile Promontory: The New Myths of Transhumanism and the Dark Mountain,” published in Free Inquiry in 2021.
For a few brief shining moments I hosted the Center for Inquiry podcast Point of Inquiry.
I have an idea: Go and explore my other Internet manifestations so you can feel like you really know me.
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