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ANDY ROOD


I'm a serial creator in the tech space and software architect. I’ve founded a
couple of successful brick-and-mortar businesses as well as have a history of
failed web startups. I’m a generalist though with a strong inclination into
tech/software engineering. I try to bring a holistic perspective to engineering,
leadership, product management, and problem-solving.

I try to live an unorthodox life and curiosity forms the foundation of me. I’ve
spent many months nomading in Europe, Asia and Latin America. I crossed South
America on a motorcycle. I speak English, Spanish and Russian.



MY DEFINITION OF LIFE PURPOSE


Inner exploration - introspection, reflection on thoughts, feelings, behaviors;

Exploring the physical world around;

Connecting with other people;

There is no end goal. The goal is to keep the game going. What is possible.



WHAT I WANT TO ACHIEVE



VISIONAL


Connect ideas and work across contexts

Adhering to stoicism fundamentals

Extend scope and scape of consciousness, live in a daily awareness /
consciousness / reflection loop

Getting better in a leadership

“Do what you would do If you have only 6 months left.”

Energy, Intellect, Integrity on the extreme levels



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AI
How AI will change our world in 10 years? Future of work? Universal basic
income? Where are the opportunities. What are risks. How do we define
consiousness? Post-scarcity world.

Emerging markets
I’m really interested in emerging markets business opportunities. (Latam, SEA)

Unconventional living 
Vans, Yachts, Dog-sitting, investing into glampings/AirBnb destinations. Nomad
Communities. Coworkings. Colivings.

Kaizen, Kanban, Six sigma, Lean, Agile, GTD and Scrum
Continuous improvement

Game theory, Behavioral economics
Zero-sum game

Risk and crisis management


Software engineering
Distributed systems, event-based realtime systems, analytical databases.

Learning languages
I speak English, Russian, and Spanish. I’m interested in continuing improving my
Spanish and potentially learning Portuguese.


Neuroscience, Longevity, Evolutionary Biology
Robert Sapolsky, Andrew Huberman. Current drug studies. ML application.

TRIZ
Theory of inventive problem solving developed in the USSR.

History
I like learning different aspects of history of the USSR and US. I have some
knowledge of Latam history. History of social movement/transformation that led
to a significant changes.

Environment
I’d like to understand more about human impact on Earth. I’m interested in
learning about sustainable ways of living.

Design
I like scandinavian or simple and minimalist yet functional design. Both web and
real world.


Social entrepreneurship and Non-Profits, Effective Altruism
Starting a non-profit for a good cause seems like a compelling idea.

Cultures, geography and politics
How geography and culture heritage affect modern politics. Rice/Wheat societies.
Hot/Cold , Peach/coconut cultures. Book: Prisoners Of Geography

Modern Art/Music
Modern electronic and classical music (Hans Zimmer). Art that convey messages on
social issues.

Cognitive biases
Introspection, reflection of inner thoughts. Exploring our thoughts, feelings,
and behavioral patterns. Ways to debug and align our own neural networks. Self
discovery.

Zettelkasten (knowledge systems)
Write everything without judging it. Capture notes however you want it => Turn
them atomic. • Fleeting notes • Literature notes • Permanent notes
(specific/unique idea) • Hub notes

Urbanism
How we should rebuild our cities. Car-centric disaster.

Philosophy
Greek/Asian philosophy. Have basic knowledge, need more research.

Political activism
Creating non-commercial initiatives. Funding human rights/pro-democratic
activists. Changing dictator regimes.

Therapeutic use of psychedelics
Current research

Stoicism
We assume that we can only be responsible for our thoughts and actions. We
cannot change many things around us thus we choose to appreciate them in any
state.

Meta/Post-post Modernism
Where modernism embraces the idea of discoverable, absolute truth, postmodernism
sees truth as more subjective. The notion of "absolute truth" is largely
discarded in favor for a more relativistic picture: "your truth" and "my truth"
and so on.

Neuroeconomics
biologically-based account of human behavior

Airplanes
I’m interested in learning how to fly a plane (getting a PPL) or a paraglider.
This is postponed for now.






FAVORITE QUOTES


> Einstein — "Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid
> down in the mind before you reach eighteen."

> Alan Watts — “You don’t understand the basic assumptions of your own culture
> if your own culture is the only culture you know.”, "Everybody operates on
> certain basic assumptions, but very few people know what they are."

> Rob Siltanen — “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The
> troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things
> differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the
> status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
> About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things.
> They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy
> ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can
> change the world, are the ones who do.”

> Omar Khayyam — To be beautiful is not to be born beautiful. As beauty can be
> learned. When a person has a beauty of the soul, What outer beauty can match
> that?

> Maya Angelou — 'At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or
> did, they will remember how you made them feel.'


BOOKS


The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes Donald
Hoffman

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will and critical review

Outliers: The Story of Success: Gladwell, Malcolm

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann

Getting Things Done David Allen

Atomic Habits James Clear

It Didn't Start with You Mark Wolynn

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A Thousand Brains Jeff Hawkins




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