CURRENT MISSION

To appreciate the world and to understand its people. I am insatiably curious.

ABOUT ME

Let's see. My name is Minahil, pronounced Min-aa-hill. My defining characteristic is my curiosity. I observe a ton, read a ton, talk to people a ton.

I am fascinated by the monopolies of power in our world that shape our everyday existence. I want to take money out of our politics. I want to start a Marxist/Piketty learning circle because I didn't have time to critically study capitalism in school. I want to change the development paradigm for third world countries. I want to be part of a revolution for a better world. Most of all, I want to understand why things are the way they are and what we can do to change them. And I want to find people who want to build this understanding with me.

More at https://minamin.co

PHILOSOPHY

To borrow a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson: "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I value genuine human connection more than anything, and Couchsurfing is a path to this connection :)

兴趣

travel (obviously), music (I play the alto saxophone), reading, learning (about everything and anything, and especially about politics and economics and political philosophy), rock climbing, drawing, data visualization, design, people-watching, learning language, coffee and cafes

• design
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• rock climbing
• economics
• science

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: Amelie, anything by Hayao Miyazaki, Lord of the Rings, and documentaries!

Books: so many...too many. I like Vonnegut and Rankine and Kahneman. Recently I read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates - so powerful.

Music: a lot of indie - Foster the People, Beirut, Passion Pit, Hey Marseilles, Imagine Dragons, Of Monsters and Men, and a fair amount of hip-hop - Kendrick, Chance, Talib Kweli

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

built a wooden pipe organ

教，学，和分享

Teach: behavioral economics and design thinking (the science of ourselves, essentially)

Learn: whatever you have to teach

Share: stories, meals, drinks, adventures!

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Stories, cooking, and warmth. I've been told I am an incredible listener :)

我游览过的国家

Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

Australia, Canada, Pakistan, Taiwan, United States