Balz, Chris M.: - Chris M Balz enjoys gardening, farming, philosophy, computers, physical culture, and helping people who have, and act upon, ideas that will advance human consciousness in historical trajectory. His favorite books include, in approximate order: "Society of the Spectacle", by Guy Debord; "Collapse", by Jared Diamond; "The Golden Bough", by Sir James Frazier; "One-Dimensional Man", by Herbert Marcuse; "Relativity", by Albert Einstein, the Collected Works of William Blake; "The Lords and the New Creatures", "Wilderness", and "The American Night", by James Douglas Morrison; "Violence and the Sacred", by Rene Girard; "I, Robot", by Isaac Asimov; "The Foundation" series by Isaac Asimov; "Dune", by Frank Herbert; "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien; "Problem Frames", by M. Jackson; "Functional JavaScript", by Michael Fogus; "Design Patterns", by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides; "Operating System Concepts" by Silberschatz et alia; and last but not least, "An Acres, USA Primer", by Acres, USA. His favorite movies include, in approximate order: "Apocalypse Now", all the Peter Jackson movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's books (in spite of deviations from the books), "Blade Runner", and "Blade Runner: 2049". His favorite things include algorithms and data structures, and animal companions. His favorite computer games include "Shadow of Mordor" and "Battlefield I".