PHILOSOPHY

Oooh, I'm always reluctant to fill out things like this. I would maybe say something Millian (John Stuart) here: that one should be free to do as one pleases, provided that one does not harm anyone else. So the idea is that that applies as much to me as to anybody else.

Interests

Intellectual: analytic philosophy (in particular: ethics), politics, evolutionary biology, religion, history, classics, reading about any of these subjects, or writing about them, speech-writing.

Physical: Cycling, hiking, canoeing, (ever since visiting Cambridge, as my photo shows) punting, swimming, playing pool or table tennis, or other light sports that are not too competitive.

Other: Virtually any kind of music (that is to say, there is good music to be found in all genres, as far as I can see (hear?), but not that I like every individual song within those genres), arty movies, some mainstream movies, cats, cacti.

• cats
• humanities
• writing
• ethics
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• sports
• rock climbing
• tennis
• swimming
• table tennis
• biology
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything with Natalie Portman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which I watched again recently), The King's Speech, oh God, there are so many, and I generally enjoy whatever movie I see. Perhaps I should rather list the ones I didn't enjoy: Clerks II, Evan Almighty...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Kilimanjaro when I was in high school.

Teach, Learn, Share

People who disagree with me, or at least who are prepared to do so under certain circumstances. As Oscar Wilde put it, "Whenever people agree with me, I feel I must be wrong."

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Romania, South Africa