CURRENT MISSION

travelling around the World, seeking out new friends and new ways of life. to boldly go where everyone has gone before ...

ABOUT ME

You can get a better impression of me on my

personal BLOG.

I've been travelling around the world since June 2011.

I usually like doing things in sprints rather than marathons.
I don't like Consumerism.

I have studied computer science at university because it was the most obvious thing to do. Now I'm studying the human condition out of curiosity.
I'm most interested in human rationality, like on lesswrong. From a computer perspective rather the lack thereof ;-)

I'm also running this crazy experiment:
I don't care much, what other people think about me.
Crazy!

PHILOSOPHY

I spend a lot of time thinking about our future. From technology to politics to tomorrows weather.
The next 20 years will probably be really different to the past 20 years.

Prediction markets, A/B Testing in politics, Direct democracy, Basic Income, The singularity?

Well, I suppose the weather will stay the same, or will it?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a virgin CS host. Let's change that!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed a little in Russia, a lot in the US and some in Mexiko. I also met a lot of Couchsurfers in Asia and Spain.

Interests

Reading!
All I ever do is reading!

more specific:
fiction and non-fiction books
Die Zeit, FAS, SPON
Hacker News articles
Blogs in Google Reader

I also like listening to
TED-Talks
Radiolab

Finally, I sure like biking and mountaineering

• books
• photography
• documentaries
• technology
• traveling
• blogging
• cycling
• mountaineering
• budget travel
• buddhism
• ethnic food
• bangkok
• existentialism

Music, Movies, and Books

books
I'm a Hesse fanboy: Steppenwolf, Siddharta, Narziß und Goldmund, you name it

more books
The Stranger, Women, Ishmael, Catch 22, Waiting for Godot, To kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, The little Prince, Gödel Escher Bach, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Malazan Empire, Gut gegen Nordwind

movies
I don't really like movies anymore. But I used to enjoy these:
The Man from Earth, Du Levande, As Good as It Gets, Mary and Max, Falling Down, Lost in Translation, Le Tueur, Amelie, Fight Club, American Beauty, Matrix

music
last.fm points to my unhealthy addiction to these bands:
Get Well Soon, Gisbert zu Knyphausen, A Whisper in the Noise, Amanda Palmer, Lykke Li, Kings of Leon, The Dresden Dolls, Portishead, Kettcar, Arcade Fire

more music
last.fm doesn't know about my fondness for indie rock and gypsy balkan banja on the dancefloor.

food
I like eating paleo food, especially Thai food and Mexican food.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

sleeping in the wild
mountainbike transalps
Annapurna circuit by bike

Thailand and Mexico!
Incredible India...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm good with computers.
I can wield a camera to open a coconut.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Chile, Germany, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

•