CURRENT MISSION

Actively trying to understand your point of view. Learn about new places, ideas and projects.

ABOUT ME

I have completed a degree in philosophy, so at least I know how ignorant I am :)

Seasonal worker planting trees in the summer, studying the rest of the year, traveling if I have time.

Ready to get stupid if I feel bored, wild or think it's an opportunity to get to know people. Which means I hardly say no to parties :0

Would love to be part of projects that empower local communities around the globe. I welcome opportunities to question my perspective and learn from others.

I hate having habits and know what to expect. I try to live randomly.

I think I'm quite weird, and I like it that way. I want to be different and feel like I might bring something new to this world. Artists absolutely fascinate me.

PHILOSOPHY

Epistemology:
Knowledge is made of a web of connected dots that represent assumptions, themselves being justified by links to other assumptions. There is no basic knowledge supporting the rest, only interconnected dots that work and make sense as a system together. I should read more about cognitive dissonance.

Political philosophy:
Many privileges exist, which give access to even more privileges and render concepts such as justice nonoperational. Knowing about those gives us the responsibility to break them. Respect and cooperation is only achievable through equality, from which emanates friendship. To centralize often mean to dehumanize or to oversimplify. Yes to locally-based projects, actions and empowerment.

Ethics:
Woah, tough one. Let's talk about it.

Ontology:
Monist, although I believe unpredictable patterns emerge from certain dispositions of matters, time and experience, such as consciousness. Man is an element of nature, and is certainly not above it.

On freedom:
We are only free in the way we are unique, and therefore we make our own mind about issues, even though these opinions are severely, if not completely, influenced by our constitution and our environment.

I also like this quote: The maturity of man lies in the seriousness he puts in games as a child. (Nietzsche)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfin' the world! Treating my hosts nicely, gifting them with food, beers and a warm smile :D

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

1 week in Fiji, touring around Viti Levu. 2 months in Western Europe, sleeping anywhere from Paris to Berlin.

Interests

Foreign cultures, litterature, religions and philosophies. Practicing sports. Cooking (I'm vegan). Traveling. Writing. Learning guitar.

• writing
• poetry
• environment
• politics
• traveling
• ecology
• economics
• history
• languages
• philosophy
• psychology
• sociology
• feminism
• veganism
• community
• anarchism
• world religions
• phenomenology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Trainspotting, Clockwork Orange, Naked Lunch, Funky Forest, Snatch, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Pulp Fiction, 12 Angry Men, Goodfellas, City of God, Memento, In Bruges, Requiem for a Dream, Reservoir Dogs, etc.

Music: Trip-Hop, Dark Ambient, Hardcore Punk, Death Metal, Reggae, New Wave, Experimental Hip Hop, Acid Jazz, ...

Books (authors): Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Murakami, Camus, Bukowski, Céline, Kerouac, Gibson-Graham, Graeber.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived 8 months in New Zealand on my own, traveling and working, and right after backpacked from France to Germany to reach the Unholy Wacken Land.

Teach, Learn, Share

My first language is French, I have a bachelor in philosophy and I study alternative economic systems and the social economy. I have some experience in renovations, bicycle mechanics, hitchhiking, vegan cooking, and probably other stuff.

I would like to learn Spanish and get to know more about eastern philosophies.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Beer, coffee, knowledge, laughs, discussions and a feeling of mutual understanding.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Senegal, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, New Zealand, Senegal, South Korea

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