I grew up in Yekaterinburg and lived there throughout the Perestroika, so I can share my experience of what it means to live in times of drastically changing society, while being extremely poor.

In times of my boyhood I did psychedelic drugs. This led me to an interest in neurophysiology on a rudimentary level. I can give you some insights on how to learn, how to teach efficiently, how to keep a brain healthy, and other stuff related to the inner workings of the brain, like explanations for "paranormal" phenomena or cognitive biases that affect decision making.

I have experience dealing with complex health issues on my own. The doctors didn't help very much, so I turned to alternative medicine. This experience taught me how to filter information, how to identify unfounded assumptions, and how to avoid being scammed in general.

I can talk tech, psychology and connections between the two.

I also have a twisted sense of humor.

On my profile photo I hold the sign that says roughly "there's a latent dancer in everyone".

My VK page: http://vk.com/leftblank

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because all the most exciting, interesting people are here. Some of them changed my life permanently for the better.

Interests

Art, music, dancing, psychology, cognitive science, computer science, business.

• arts
• dancing
• technology
• music
• business
• computer science
• medicine
• psychology
• science
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: can't pick any favorites.

Movies: "Wild Tales", "Being John Malkovich", "Fly"

Books: "Understanding comics", "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", "Fooled by Randomness", "Art of Game Design".

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've built a software startup in a year.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you basics of
- lucid dreaming,
- lindy hop dancing,
- evidence-based healthy nutrition,
- programming Ruby or Javascript,
- Russian language, of course.

I'm interested in practically everything, but most of all I want to learn music composition.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Finland, France, Netherlands, Thailand