Mabuhay! My name is Brian, 34, born and raised in Manila, Philippines, and currently living in San Francisco, California.
How did I get here-here? I fell down a rabbit hole. ;)
If you looked at my [insert name of time-eating mainstream internet video platform] history, you'd find countless videos on science, philosophy, art, music, writing, and self-development (along with cheerleading, musicals, fitness, and walking tours of my hometown in Manila). I also have a small collection of books on topics like language, ethics, aesthetics, literary theory, etc.
Why am I here? I'm here because I wonder, and I'd like to have less-wrong conclusions.
For much of my "conscious" life, I feel like I was being thrown around by invisible forces outside my control. I was adopted at birth by a family that gave me tons of complexes which required years of psychotherapy; I was educated in a country with a system that severely needed restructuring, but also unaccommodating of different types of learners; I grew up multi-cultural while being compelled by a society to adopt a singular socio-political identity; etc, etc. (not to mention that I survived a global pandemic, OMG).
I'm here because I have this insatiable hunger, and I understand that "beings" naturally orient themselves to the direction of sustenance. I also like to think of my situation as looking through a telescope and mercilessly refining the knobs and lenses to get a better view. Whatever it may be, I think I stumbled upon a place that I'd like be in.
Mabuhay! My name is Brian, 34, born and raised in Manila, Philippines, and currently living in San Francisco, California.
How did I get here-here? I fell down a rabbit hole. ;)
If you looked at my [insert name of time-eating mainstream internet video platform] history, you'd find countless videos on science, philosophy, art, music, writing, and self-development (along with cheerleading, musicals, fitness, and walking tours of my hometown in Manila). I also have a small collection of books on topics like language, ethics, aesthetics, literary theory, etc.
Why am I here? I'm here because I wonder, and I'd like to have less-wrong conclusions.
For much of my "conscious" life, I feel like I was being thrown around by invisible forces outside my control. I was adopted at birth by a family that gave me tons of complexes which required years of psychotherapy; I was educated in a country with a system that severely needed restructuring, but also unaccommodating of different types of learners; I grew up multi-cultural while being compelled by a society to adopt a singular socio-political identity; etc, etc. (not to mention that I survived a global pandemic, OMG).
I'm here because I have this insatiable hunger, and I understand that "beings" naturally orient themselves to the direction of sustenance. I also like to think of my situation as looking through a telescope and mercilessly refining the knobs and lenses to get a better view. Whatever it may be, I think I stumbled upon a place that I'd like be in.
Thank you for creating this space of refuge.