Always a work-in-progress. I really like personal development and critically evaluating assumptions we take for granted. I love working with people to make things and systems Better, so we can all get on to doing the next great thing in our lives.

PHILOSOPHY

My philosophy of life is fluid enough that I couldn't articulate it well now. However, here are some greater thinkers that have colored how I see the world.

"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do"
-Voltaire

“We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.”
-John Petit-Senn

“We are our choices.”
-Jean-Paul Sartre

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
-Horace Mann

“You only lose what you cling to.”
-Buddha

"Potential has a shelf life."
-Margaret Atwood

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

To meet and speak with the wonderful people kind enough to offer their couches to strangers. As soon as living arrangements allow, I look forward to hosting as well.

Centres d'intérêt

Understanding people's motivations. Figuring out how to make the world a better, more efficient place. Discussing film as literature. Learning the wonderful, messy, nuanced history of the world.

• culture
• literature
• ethics
• technology
• movies
• rock climbing
• history

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Authors/Books: Margaret Atwood, Albert Camus, Kate Chopin, Joseph Conrad, Flannery O'Connor, George Orwell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Oscar Wilde, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Sherlock Holmes, The House of the Spirits, How to Read a Book, Les Misérables

Movies: Amélie, Ascension, Brazil, Clue, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Hamlet (2009), Harold and Maude, Heathers, Into the Storm, Moulin Rouge!, Murder by Death, My Dinner with Andre, Network, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Shaun of the Dead, The Cat Piano, The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Seventh Seal, V for Vendetta

Music: Musical soundtracks, Ace of Base, Armin van Buuren, Bloc Party, Calvin Harris, The Darkness, The Divine Comedy, John Boswell, Keane, La Roux, Oceanlab, Queen, Ratatat, Scissor Sisters, Slut, Thievery Corporation, Tokio Hotel

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Climbing up and repelling down an 8-story virgin cliff face in rural Nicaragua, led by a friend met hours earlier in a local hostel. First and only time I'd ever climbed anything.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

We can talk about technology and it's impact on society and culture. Or simply how high-technology other industries work. Ethics is always a healthy learning experience. We can analyze and dissect literature and films all day. I can field questions about living a minimalistic and ecotarianism lifestyle. We can uncover the Why's of English, and German - Why we say it this way, Why they said it that way, Why it means something different now.

Pays que j'ai visités

China, Nicaragua, United Kingdom, United States

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

United States