Bret Alan Hughes is a philosopher and an author—whose work experience is in computer graphics and whose Bachelor of Science (from Cal Poly) is in aeronautical engineering. To help people understand their true sociopolitical situation and to help empower “We the people” to achieve widespread social justice, Bret created the website MostCrucial.info, which he spent nearly four years full-time developing. He has traveled widely—such as to Egypt, China, and throughout Europe—but lives in the city of his birth, Santa Barbara, California.

In the film industry, Bret has worked to improve the efficiency of large computer graphics productions—such as for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, in Honolulu—by developing scripted tools, production standards, and automated systems. Working in Wellington, New Zealand, Bret was the pipeline engineering supervisor for the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which won three Oscars, or Academy Awards, for its visual effects.

To help people understand themselves within the temporal and physical context of the Universe, Bret wrote the book Wisdom in Perspective. It provides universal perspectives in order to yield ultimate wisdom. It also claims to answers many of the big questions in life, including some of the most difficult questions in philosophy, such as what human consciousness is and what the fundamental basis of life is.