I'm a Ukrainian currently living on a motorcycle, in the process of making a full circle around the globe to learn about as many cultures as I can.

One day, many years ago I asked a question- how do people learn the hard and complex skills. So I went wandering around the world in search of answers. What I found was pivot to my question- whats more important is the “why” and not the “how”. So I kept going. Now I believe I’m very close to have the answer. And I believe I know the perfect way to test it - teach computers to want things (:

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To explore local cultures and deepen my understanding of values, goals and motivation across them. Hopefully build deep friendships with amazing people in the process.

Interests

Motivation

• books
• music
• hiking
• gymnastics
• philosophy
• motorcycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: all of it
Movies: for quite some time now I haven’t watched a movie if it wasn’t related to my research. Recent favourite- Farewell My Concubine
Books: Tolstoi, Hafez, Rumi, Hvyliovyi, Boris Vian, tons of non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bought a 30-year old Honda motorcycle and went traveling around the world

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share lots of stories from my travels, help you with your goals whatever they might be, cook some uniquely flavored dishes, do a Tarot reading (not a divination, but a deeply engaging exploration of subconscious), teach you how to play Go, treat with some rare Chinese tea, and many many more (:

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan