CURRENT MISSION

to live authentically and courageously

ABOUT ME

I'm passionate about improving my rationality so that I can improve the general awesomeness of Earth.

I'm best known online for my writing, e.g.:
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/The_Science_of_Winning_at_Life
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/No-Nonsense_Metaethics
http://lesswrong.com/lw/5me/scholarship_how_to_do_it_efficiently/

PHILOSOPHY

I want to live rationally, passionately, and fully. I want to be challenged everywhere I go. I want to be molded by reality. I want to be open-minded enough to consider wild viewpoints, and critically-minded enough not to be gullible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfing, hosting

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed: 23 couches.
Hosted: 7 surfers.
Met with: dozens of CSers.

----February 2008----
1. surfed with Chris Pelczarski in Rapid City, SD.
2. surfed with Joel Ban in Salt Lake City, UT.
3. surfed with Phaedra and Dustin Johnson in Sacramento, CA.
4. surfed with Emmanuel Lemor in San Francisco, CA.
5. met Mark Runge in San Francisco, CA.
6. traveled with MEWZ in San Francisco and Santa Rosa, CA.
7. surfed with Callista Leal in Santa Rosa, CA.
8. surfed with Kyla Kelley in San Jose, CA.
9. surfed with Steven Lopez in Santa Cruz, CA.
10. met Noelle Yochum in Santa Cruz, CA.
11. surfed with Mike and Brea Olmstead-Sorrells in Monterey, CA.
12. met Jody Takanashi in Monterey, CA.
13. met Philippe Laboup in Monterey, CA.
14. met Lindsay Weitzel in Monterey, CA.
15. surfed with Jeff Pathman in San Luis Obispo, CA.
16. met Skyline Lau in San Luis Obispo, CA.
17. met Gabriel Kaprielian in San Luis Obispo, CA.
18. met Yuri Kapulkin in San Luis Obispo, CA.
19. surfed with Timoteo Maroz in Santa Barbara, CA.
20. met Nate Weddell in Santa Barbara, CA.
21. met Shannon Avison in Santa Barbara, CA.
22. met Deanna Bailey in Santa Barbara, CA.
----March 2008----
23. surfed with John C in Bakersfield, CA.
24. surfed with Justin Young in Ventura, CA.
25. surfed with Michele Lamarche in Santa Monica, CA.
26. met Duff Bennett in Santa Monica, CA.
27. surfed with Miah Jeffra in Hollywood, CA.
28. met CLASSY in Hollywood, CA.
29. met Pete Benke in Hollywood, CA.
30. met ELEUTHERIA13 in Hollywood, CA.
31. surfed with Erin Hickey in Long Beach, CA.
32. met Sheila Satin in Long Beach, CA.
33. met Sharon Stukey in Long Beach, CA.
34. met LYNN LYNN in Long Beach, CA.
35. met Felicia Luque in Long Beach, CA.
36. met Katie Gaston in Long Beach, CA.
37. met Yunchu Lee in Long Beach, CA.
38. met Nichole West in Long Beach, CA.
39. met Tram Nguyen in Long Beach, CA.
40. met Shannan Longley in Long Beach, CA.
41. met Michelle Parrella in Long Beach, CA.
42. surfed with Brandon Lanham in Oceanside, CA.
43. surfed with Mikas Remeika in La Jolla, CA.
44. met Jacquelyn Ryan in La Jolla, CA.
45. met Tommy Castellanos in Encinitas, CA.
46. surfed with SHIMMY2SHOES in San Diego, CA.
47. met Michelle Parrella in San Diego, CA.
48. met Joseph Hall in San Diego, CA.
49. met Adam Brookins in San Diego, CA.
50. met Drew Maynard in San Diego, CA.
51. met Jamie Cheng in San Diego, CA.
52. met Lilia Villa in San Diego, CA.
53. met Carissa Peck in San Diego, CA.
54. met Lisa Siegel in San Diego, CA.
55. met Josh Sarro in San Diego, CA.
56. met DRINKTHEHORIZON in San Diego, CA.
57. surfed with CAGE! in San Diego, CA.
58. surfed with George Zelenz in Joshua Tree, CA.
59. traveled with ELEUTHERIA13 in Joshua Tree, CA.
60. surfed with John Mullen in Beverly Hills, CA.
61. surfed with SIDJJ in Los Angeles, CA.
62. met Ricky Shetty in Los Angeles, CA.
63. surfed with zuska Zamporyova in Pasadena, CA.
64. met Dan Kremsa in Pasadena, CA.
----April 2008----
65. met Jason Kuska in Hollywood, CA.
66. met Joanne Highland in Valley Village, CA.
67. met Ariel Climer in Los Angeles, CA.
68. met CMS75SDSHI in Los Angeles, CA.
69. met Jenny Hicks in Los Angeles, CA.
70. met BEBE in Los Angeles, CA.
71. met Sean Sha in Los Angeles, CA.
72. met Jordan Marks in Los Angeles, CA.
73. met Johnny Colden in Los Angeles, CA.
74. hosted Ricky Shetty in Los Angeles, CA.
75. hosted Mark Galenic in Los Angeles, CA.
76. hosted Rayka Kobiella (and her bf Jonas) in Los Angeles, CA.
77. hosted Max Groenke in Los Angeles, CA.
78. hosted Sean Parris in Los Angeles, CA.
79. met Eric (marks_on_surfaces) in Los Angeles, CA.
80. met THEMINMIN in Los Angeles, CA.
81. met LOTS more couchsurfers in L.A.
82. hosted Gerrit van der Plas in Los Angeles, CA.

Interests

rationality, philosophy, world travel, avantgarde music, artsy films, technology

• writing
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• science
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: John Adams, Robert Wyatt, early Metallica, Vampire Rodents, Beethoven, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Spring Heel Jack, Anthony Braxton

Movies: Mulholland Drive, 2001 A Space Odyssey, American Beauty, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Un Chien Andalou, 21 Grams, Citizen Kane, Persona

Books: A History of Rock Music 1950-2000 by Piero Scaruffi, Succeeding by John T. Reed, Psychological Self-Help by Claton E. Tucker-Ladd

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A 300-person pillow fight in San Francisco, riding elephants in Bali, crawling naked through the Venezuelan jungle...

Teach, Learn, Share

Computers, philosophy, cognitive science, writing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Venezuela

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