I love exploring nature and people
My mission is to improve society by building better institutions & communities

Instagram: _armyofone/
Telegram: @vakondyrev

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I work, study, and travel a lot. I value cultural exchange and the principle of sharing

Interests

• writing
• dancing
• yoga
• meditation
• raves
• investing
• entrepreneurship
• neuroscience
• religion
• chinese
• mma
• startups
• charity
• futurism
• artificial intelligence
• rationality
• psychotherapy
• web3

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to lots of different genres from experimental electronica to ethnic chants to psychedelic rock. Happy to give a tour of the depths of modern music. My latest favorite is "Desert Dwellers"

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My favorite movies:
Contact (1997), Interstellar (2014), Gattaca (1997), Transcendence (2014), Ex Machina (2015), Ghost in the Shell (1989), Blade Runner (both), Stalker (1979)

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Reading: Kahneman, Hofstadter, Dostoevsky, Gibson, Kant, Watts, Pushkin, Taleb, Sapkovsky, Lem, Sagan, Lovecraft, Lem, Azimov, Dumas, Heinlein, and Liu Cixin. My latest favorite is "Dune" by Herbert

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Solo Vipassana trip in the middle of a Russian forest for 4 days without any humans, meditating 10 hours per day

What I Can Share with Hosts

In particular, I can teach the basics of and provide some insights on:
1) startups & investing
2) all things crypto (web3)
3) community-building
4) accessing psychotherapy

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Cambodia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Malta, Montenegro, Myanmar, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, England, Ireland, Russian Federation, Scotland