CURRENT MISSION

Seeking enlightenment through learning about history, psychology and economics. Also seeking out the best tacos wherever I go.

ABOUT ME

I've been living in San Francisco for well over a year now. As a general rule, I do things our of intellectual interest to stave off boredom. I love trying new things. Getting the insights and learnings from dabbling is much more interesting to me than becoming an expert. On the gastronomical front, I'll eat just about anything except for bitter melon. While I enjoy reading, I am inevitably more ambitious in the bookstore than I am under my reading lamp. I'm a perpetual student of economics, history, psychology and philosophy. I wax philosophic on my favorite economic concepts during drinking sessions. Recently, I've picked up a taste for improv comedy. I love going to shows, and I've finished the year-long beginner's classes at Second City.

PHILOSOPHY

Totally unclear on the causality behind the universe. Things happen as a result of probabilistic happenstance, people place create their own meaning around these things. The world is a massive plinko board and I enjoy watching where the chips land.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just joined. I'm interested in meeting for coffee either in my place of residence or my current locale.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Sparse. Met a great new friend in Bali over dinner.

Interests

1.) Enumerated lists
2.) Improv comedy
3.) Economics
4.) Trying new things

• coffee
• drinking
• reading
• economics
• history
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Guns, Germs and Steel; Fooled by Randomness; Black Swan; Outliers; Blink; Freakonomics; The Sun Also Rises; What the Dog Saw; Black Boy; The Consolation of Philosophy; The Great Gatsby; Dubliners

Movies: Fight Club; Pulp Fiction; Training Day; Better Luck Tomorrow; Jackass 1 and 2; Lost in Translation; Clerks; Kill Bill 1 and 2, The Dark Knight

Music: alternative rock, hip-hop, electronic, trip-hop. The XX; Foster the People; Thievery Corporation; Radiohead; Smashing Pumpkins; Royksopp; Portishead; Rolling Stones; Lady Gaga; Led Zeppelin; Lemon Jelly; Sigur Ros

Teach, Learn, Share

Improv comedy. I wouldn't say that I'm an expert or all that funny, but I've taken a year's worth of classes and I've explored the deep scene in Chicago. Happy to chat about it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Indonesia, Morocco, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United Kingdom