My daughter, wife and I were talking this week about why our daughter didn't like high school. Like me, our daughter said that she found almost no one there with whom she could have an intelligent conversation. For me, that changed once I went to college, and I expect it will for her as well.

Now that I have achieved a certain level in my career, I have lots of friendly professional relationships with colleagues, but very few intellectually stimulating conversations outside of a very limited topic area in which we are among the world's best.

Being more of a generalist than my colleagues, I wanted to have conversations outside my area of expertise. That is part of why I joined Galt's Gulch Online and is a big reason why I contribute as much as I do.

A big reason why churchgoers go to church is to have a community of like-minded individuals. For us, well, we have this forum instead.