My Self-Summary
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ~ 📝Rumi
Technophile philosopher, building invisible technology in the hopes of engineering—and finding—enlightenment.
Meditation and yoga as often as motorcycles* and mary jane.
*After traversing 20K miles of LA traffic on two wheels, I’m jumping to the other end of the safety spectrum and getting a Tesla. Perhaps a floppy-eared Doberman co-pilot to keep me company.
Also, in the last year, I've become a bit of a terminologist. I love the nerdy joy of discovering, creating, and exploring language. A 📝metamodernist approach to OkCupid seemed apt.
And so, my profile is a 📝Rabbit Hole of 📝Litmus Tests.
May the odds be forever in our favor.
Aspirations
Current goal...
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” ~ Jung
Making new communication technology, while avoiding a mindset of 📝Techno-Fundamentalism; an unshakable belief that new technology must be invented to solve problems created by the previous technology.
“Our devices and technology have gotten to know us so well that we now need devices and technology to protect us from them.” ~ 📝Neil Strauss
Talent
I like to make...
📝Meticulously Ridiculous📝Shared Experiences that expand perspectives and, thus, manufacture serendipity. (See: 📝Engineered Serendipity)
"I am not being serious, but I am being sincere." ~ 📝Alan Watts, 📝Out of Your Mind
Traits
My golden rule...
📝Tikkun Olam; repair the world.
Media
A book everyone should read...
Enlightening:
📝Meditations by 📝Marcus Aurelius
Man's Search for Meaning by 📝Viktor E. Frankl📝The Spiritual Brain by O'Leary and Beauregard
Aligning:
📝Ego Is The Enemy by 📝Ryan Holiday
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
📝Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Educational:
📝Thinking Fast And Slow by Daniel Kahneman
📝Principles: Life and Work by 📝Ray Dalio📝Extreme Ownership by 📝Jocko Willink and 📝Leif Babin
Entertaining:
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman
The Geography of Genius by Eric Weiner
Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
Also...
If you're on OkCupid and you haven't read '📝Dataclysm' by 📝Christian Rudder—the Harvard mathematician that co-founded the platform—I'd prefer to not be the one to collect the fragments of your brain from the floor. It's been several years and I'm still searching for pieces of mine.
Needs
I value...
Mindful ambition.
Conscious capitalism.
Cogent candor.
Hobbies
The last show I binged...
📝Black Mirror (dark futurism)
📝Rick and Morty (cosmic pessimism)
Mr. Robot (economic alienation)
Moments
A perfect day...
This one. (See: 📝Best Day Ever)
Secrets
If I were sent to jail, I'd be arrested for...
If I knew, I’d have an alibi.
Dating
What I'm actually looking for...
A shared system of values.
Bonuses...
Childlike exuberance.
Radical self-reliance.
Dogs.