CURRENT MISSION

Liberation and Enlightenment

ABOUT ME

The say self-actualization is about unifying disparate aspects of your personality into a whole. I am a scientist, a rookie practitioner of Buddhism, and an amateur musician. So(of course!) I decided to make my own high-tech startup. Emigrated from Russia to the US as a child, now returned to see what it's like.

PHILOSOPHY

There are so many perspectives out there, it's almost always more important to listen than it is to talk.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Feel free to add me to learn more about me.

http://vkontakte.ru/id4432310
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=4804311
https://sites.google.com/site/aykats/

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed a few nights in Beijing. Can't host right now due to living arrangements constraints, but looking forward to surfing.

Interests

meditation, music, poetry, yoga, buddhism, friends, leadership and mentoring, computer vision.

• poetry
• yoga
• meditation
• technology
• music
• surfing
• buddhist
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Russian rock, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, classical

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first political protest after Russia's Dec 4 rigged elections. The idea of protests was so new here, nobody quite knew what to expect, and nobody predicted that nearly 5,000 people came out, most of whom never attended a political rally in their life. It gave birth to a protest movement that will continue well into 2012 and beyond. http://tolik-kats.livejournal.com/665.html

Teach, Learn, Share

Meditation practices, Music theory, artificial intelligence

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, France, Trinidad and Tobago

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Russian Federation, United States