I am from Russia. I was born in 1988 and enjoyed a life of relative comfort. While in military institute I dreamed up the idea that travelling is a good thing to do in life, so I volunteered and traveled a little bit.
I worked many jobs but most success I had as a windsurfing and kitesurfing instructor.
I tried programming as a kid and kept it as a passion. In 2019 it occurred to me that the skills are worthy developing, so I turned down the position of the school manager to go back to school and lock myself up with books and courses. The last season before COVID was tough as I had to balance many things and then COVID simplified things and reaffirmed my conviction that modern humans are cyborgs really, as investing time into computer science began paying off.
Looking for collaborations and opportunities to have impact on the world I joined Cardano in 2022. My intellectual and occupational wellness improved.
Dear Toby, thank you for this idea!
I have an idea that is burning and makes me loose sleep, but its too big for one person so more eyes on it is better.
The theme is mindful hacking.
A hack is a clever trick, a sort of thing a trickster archetype would do. One thing about tricksters is that it often bites them back, so when hacking one must be mindful about the ethical considerations of their hacks. In particular the recent bestseller A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back, suggests several hacks that seem odd—there is nothing wrong with them on the surface but I have a hunch it will come bite back if one would attempt them in the real life. So the work on this piece would be mostly in the above mentioned book critique and coming up with a better representation: one that is easier to read and that highlights the tradeoffs and the dilemmas associated with the non-trivial hacks.
Thank you and let me know what you think!