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Palo Alto, California, United States
@neekaan-oshidary
Member since 2015
By day, I work for a company in Silicon Valley, doing product managing and optimization. I enjoy going on walks in new neighborhoods, devoting time to contemplative study and meditation, and working on writing and creative side projects.
Interested in Books & Literature
Interested in Meditation
Interested in Religious
Interested in Running
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I may have an interest in hosting people in the near future.
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: Good Will Hunting, Samsara, The Matrix, Orange County, Contact, Pi, Zoolander, Peaceful Warrior, Office Space, Proof, Juno, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Books: When Nietzsche Wept, The English Patient, White Teeth, What Do You Care What Other People Think?, Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman, Out of the Silent Planet, Catcher in the Rye, Arcadia, Los Rios Profundos, Angels and Demons, Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind, books on philosophy, consciousness, Buddhism, religion, autobiographies, and interesting things TV: Parks & Rec, Community, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Homeland, Workaholics, Outsourced, The Big Bang Theory, Psych, The Office, South Park, Family Guy, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Music: Freelance Whales, O.A.R., Macklemore, Wyclef Jean, Dispatch, Jason Mraz, Lauryn Hill, Tristan Prettyman, Donavon Frankenreiter, Matisyahu
Teach, Learn, Share
TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwjGUCtJb9M Talk on my M.S. Thesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLN2NpL5NHg
My Interests
Books on philosophy, religion, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, technology and society. Going on walks. Observing life and my mind. Running. Creative writing.