Developer, philosophy content creator, community organizer promoting secular humanism and effective altruism. I love science, technology, philosophy, traveling, meeting new people, having open minded conversations and learning about different cultures and languages. I'm also interested in polyamory, psychedelics, and secular spirituality.

https://about.me/arielpontes

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traditional tourism is boring, meeting locals is much more interesting. I like to see more than the outsider's perspective whenever possible.

Interests

• human rights
• ethics
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• biology
• communications
• languages
• religion
• science
• tourism
• psychedelics
• polyamory

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
Mostly Rock, specially Metal and Punk but also Alternative/Indie/whatever. I also have my Classical, Hispanic/instrumental (tango/flamenco) and Celtic folk moments. Recently I've also been into Oceanvs Orientalis and other similar trippy electronic music that I'm too n00b to categorize.

[http://www.last.fm/user/arielpontes]

MOVIES
Ghost in the Shell, Lord of War… mostly movies that provoke insights about real life. Critical comedies like Borat, South Park, Team America etc. are also among my favorites.

BOOKS
Mostly science, philosophy and non-fiction in general, but also dystopias.
[https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17536885-ariel-pontes]

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Romania, Sweden