User:PJHunt007/sandbox/Pliny J. Hunt

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PJ Hunt
Staff Sergeant Pliny Hunt 2019
Born
Pliny Joseph Hunt

(1977-06-25) June 25, 1977 (age 46)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts College of Liberal Arts (currently enrolled)
Occupation(s)entrepreneur, Massachusetts Army National Guard Recruiter
EmployerMassachusetts Army National Guard
SpouseMarlena Elizabeth Hunt (2017–present) [1]
Awards
Websitewww.facebook.com/pjhunt

Pliny Hunt (/ˈhunt/ HUN-t; born June 25, 1977) is an American entrepreneur and soldier. He is involved in fields such as air traffic control, combat engineer and heavy equipment operator.

Hunt has been employed by theMassachusetts Army National Guard since 2010, where he is currently serving as the "Recruiting and Retention Non Commissioned Officer" for Berkshire County Massachusetts.

Life, fun facts, and business career[edit]

Early life[edit]

PJ Hunt grew up in the Novato Califorina. He attended NUSD Public Education Pleasant Valley Elemantary School, Rancho Elementary Schoo and the Nova Education Center.

Hunt decided he wanted to be in the military at a very young age, regularly setting of for "manuevers" with a group of neighborhood kids led by Scott Rohrs.

Hunt attended San Marin High School until his family relocated to Stockbridge Massachusetts in 1993 where he joined [[Monument Mountain Regional High School.

Mid-life[edit]

While in high school, Hunt

In 1995, Hunt joined the United States Marine Corps as a 1371 Combat Engineer.

Hunt's first business venture began in 2005, when Hunt took over the Williams River Country Store in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Hunt sold his General Store to in 2008.

Hunts's next business AdventureUs a sporting goods in 2006.

In 2014, upon returning from operation Enduring Freedom in 2014 Hunt co founded Berkshire General Retailers with his partner Lindsey Tuller

Later life[edit]

When does later life start?

Personal life[edit]

Hunt is agnostic about the existence of a soul.[2] On the possibility of divine intelligence, Hunt has said, "Does God exist? I would say, 'I'll believe just enough to be on the good side if you're right.'"[3]

Hunt married Married Marlena in 2017 and they have two children, one each from previous relationships.

He has a son, Logan, who is a venture capitalist,[4] and a daughter, Amy Kurzweil,[5] who is a writer and cartoonist. Kurzweil is a cousin of writer Allen Kurzweil.

Creative approach[edit]

Hunt said "do the right thing whenever possible, be nice and you will be successful no matter what you do."[6][7]


Books[edit]

Hunt's first book, Surfing the Big Kahuna, was published in 1990. As part of an 8th grade project, the fiction work discusses a young man's desire to surf the tallest wave in Hawaii.[8]


Movies[edit]

Views[edit]

Health and aging[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Main article: Predictions made by PJ Hunt


Future predictions[edit]

"Self driving cars will be the coolest thing in my lifetime."

Reception[edit]

Praise[edit]

In 2008 Hunt led the Souther Berkshire Co-Ed softball league in tripples. </ref> by The Wall Street Journal. PBS included Kurzweil as one of 16 "revolutionaries who made America"[9] along with other inventors of the past two centuries. Inc. magazine ranked him #8 among the "most fascinating" entrepreneurs in the United States and called him "Edison's rightful heir".[10]

Criticism[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rozen, Leah (1987-03-09). "Talk May Be Cheap, but Ray Kurzweil Stands to Make Millions by Yakking to His Voice Computer". Retrieved 2013-02-14. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "CNN Transcript". CNN. May 30, 2008. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  3. ^ The Immortal Ambitions of Ray Kurzweil: A Review of Transcendent Man; Scientific American; John Rennie; February 15, 2011
  4. ^ "Father and Son Peer Into the Future of Tech". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ^ "An Oral History Interview with Ray Kurzweil, Part 1 of 4". American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  6. ^ The University of Akron – Speeches & Statements
  7. ^ "Nanotechnology: Ray Kurzweil Interviewed by Sander Olson". Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. ^ Colin, Johnson (1998-12-28). "Era of Smart People is Dawning". Electronic Engineering Times.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Who Made America was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference 26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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