I'm extremely curious. I like learning from a wide variety of different fields.

I'm really engaged with social media, particularly Quora, reddit, and various forums. My Quora profile is at http://www.quora.com/Alex-K-Chen .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to enrich my experiences that I have when I visit new places. I often find that I learn more than I otherwise would by couchsurfing.

Interests

All the sciences (especially astronomy/biology/climate science/psychology/neuroscience), social media, futurology, aging, value economy, attention economy, post-ownership economy, post-employment economy, fine-graining of work, fluid intelligence/working memory/prefrontal cortex, systems biology, 5-HT2A signalling, dopamine signalling, mTOR signalling, neurotoxicity, consequentialism, activation energy, environmental health/toxicology, psychology of science, ludology, Internet sociology/psychology, the quantified self/personal genomics/P4 medicine, digital preservation

• dieting
• astronomy
• biology
• communications
• medicine
• neuroscience
• psychology
• science
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

I really love science books, especially those on science and psychology. Especially books like Consilience and the Agile Mind.

https://books.google.com/books?uid=109982067040770166048&as_coll=0&source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list is a good list of many good books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've posted more questions than anyone else on Quora. (40,000+).

What I Can Share with Hosts

I know a lot about the Internet and social media. I'm also really interested/obsessed with healthy eating (as it relates to slowing down the rate of aging) and have a very strong idea of what the healthiest possible diet involves (namely, a mostly plant-based diet high in monounsaturated fatty acids, and low in high glycemic index carbs).

Countries I’ve Visited

Norway, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States