Read the essay:"I, Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read"

https://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl.html?chapter_num=2#book-reader

Spend some time thinking about this essay and then address the following questions:

1. What is the main message of the essay? How does it relate to knowledge? Explain clearly.
2. Is the essay mostly positive or normative in nature? Which elements are positive and which are normative and why? (For a distinction between positive and normative statements, refer to "Lecture 1 on Economics as Science" and Chapter 2)
3. What kind of philosophy/ideology does the pencil promote? Explain clearly