Hi!

Dutch/American, born in NL, grew up in the states, and moved (back?) to the Netherlands to study AI. It's pretty great. Trying to avert the machine apocalypse, so far so good.

I really like people who give a shit. What do you care about?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd love to live in a world where strangers are always welcome. There's no reason we can't all take care of each other, when just small inconveniences can purchase such valuable improvements to a person's experience away from home. Also some of my favorite people I met here :)

Interests

The ocean is rad, especially at night. Ok hear me out....bouldering on the beach in the morning, chilling at a library in the afternoon, and an oceanside bonfire at night. With olives! I would be interested in that.

• vegan
• gardening
• board games
• reading
• bouldering
• piano
• hitchhiking
• ocean
• animal rights
• libraries
• bonfires
• artificial intelligence
• carpentry
• olives
• antispeciesism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Eddie Vedder, Arcade Fire, Iron and Wine, Angus and Julia Stone, Arthur Beatrice, Freelance Whales, Mazzy Star, etc....

Movies/TV: Black Mirror, Children of Men, Capernaum, Snowpiercer, ....

Books: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell, Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom, The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (actually anything by Peter Singer really)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I BUILT A BOAT! I spent a year building a wooden sailboat. It's 4 meters long and all home made! Definitely the coolest thing I've done to date. And no, it didn't sink.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm happy to help anyone looking to improve their English or Dutch, and I would love to get some practice with my Spanish.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Random facts, book recommendations, a game of chess/go, English/Dutch lessons, cooking, manual labor, etc...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong, Netherlands, United States