CURRENT MISSION

Explore the world, explore myself, improve myself, improve the world.

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty quite person, but I try to push myself to be more outgoing because I find I enjoy myself more when I do. I'm a pretty big nerd. My sense of humor is dry, sarcastic, and at times a bit dark. I'm very casual an easy going. I'm not an openly emotional person and tend to keep my feelings to myself. Very rarely do I show negative emotion.

PHILOSOPHY

Do what works. It doesn't matter what political or social connotation it has; efficiency in achieving purpose is paramount. I have an intensely logical view of the world which means I focus on data and have little time for arguments that rely on conventional wisdom. My definition of data is very broad though.

I'm a strong advocate of utilitarianism, though I very often believe that forcing the individual to sacrifice for society is counter productive. I like systems that channel people's natural instincts towards aiding their society. I'm training as an economist to study incentives and how best to structure them for a healthy and just society.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm either living in a dorm or at home with my parents, so I unfortunately cannot offer a couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed once while in Shanghai. It was a lot of fun and very convenient. The people I stayed with were awesome.

Interests

As mentioned I'm a pretty big nerd. I enjoy role-playing games, tabletop strategy, and anything where I can hang out with my friends with a game to inspire fun and conversation. I enjoy video games, books, and movies; especially the science fiction and fantasy variety.

Just being silly and carefree is fun. One of the best ways to spend a Friday night is to gather 30+ people and play zombie tag in the maze that is the fine arts building at my college.

I'm a natural debater and love to play the devil's advocate. My apparent political views shift right or left inversely to how liberal or conservative the people I'm talking with are.

• arts
• humanities
• books
• movies
• video games
• economics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a big Terry Prachett fan. I also like Lois McMaster Bujold a lot. Forgotten Realms and the 40k universe make for fun casual reading.

I prefer music with complex and intense instrumental parts. Vocals and lyrics are important but can't carry a band. I like heavy metal a lot, especially progressive metal and symphonic metal.