CURRENT MISSION

Short term - enjoy life, learn and grow, not to die; Long term - make world a better place for sentient beings.

ABOUT ME

Working as Software Engineer, writing microservices in Scala.
Trying to distribute free time between studying math and programming, learning languages, music, and sports.
Getting to know people and to have a good time is also somewhere in there.

PHILOSOPHY

It really feels like we have an obligation not to destroy our world, civilization, culture. Lets try to educate ourselves and act.
I am really hooked on a golden rule, ideas of equality and justice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed twoce, both times were very positive.
Looking forward to visit more hosts who'd have a couple of hours to talk and get to know each other

Interests

Listening to a lot of nonfiction audiobooks and podcasts: popular science, philosophy, history.

For now I like to get up early and meditate before work)

Enjoyed preparing talks and presentations for local speaking club on topics of meditation and Nonviolent Communication

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: electronic like trance and embient, classical like Mozart or Bach, blues, pop, metal.

Books: Nonviolent Communication, Harry Potter and methods of rationality :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've learned Esperanto.
Oh, how beautiful it is. Such improbable things led me to focusing on it, please consider looking into:
1) TED talk about benefits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gSAkUOElsg
2) Article by famous polyglot: http://www.fluentin3months.com/2-weeks-of-esperanto/

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a few things about:
1) Psichology and Math for clearer thinging
2) AI (safety)
3) Esperanto
4) Programming and IT
5) Self-improvement literature

Countries I’ve Visited

Finland, France, Germany, India

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation