About Me

My native language is Russian. But this website is in English. I have never been to an English-speaking country and haven't had much hands-on experience with the language, but it just feels more proper, global, and efficient for the web than Russian, which is superior in many other ways. So I'm sticking to English for now.

I've been browsing the Internet for 25 years now, and back in the 2000s I did have virtual homes: a diary, a bunch of handmade homesites, a fantasy portal where we role-played scholars of a magical school (real serious tech was in play, btw), and an overall romantic atmosphere of a castle on a hill. Not that I miss it much: I don't have or need a friendly crowd nowadays, and Internet also works diffirently. Plus, hardly anyone will find this website. Yet... why not?

I live in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Work in IT, but not programming.

As a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist, then system administrator. Then I got to get a degree in Physics. It was a blessing, but I didn't want to proceed with science or academia, for many reasons. So I moved to what felt closer — information technologies. It soon became a new golden rush and lost any appeal of a new frontier. Through the years, I got disappointed with the people working in the sphere (used to romanticize their intelligence while growing up), got disengaged with the whole vibe of the industry. I still find this sphere of work one of the most interesting among those where you could get stable profit and flexible schedule. And I might say I enjoy my work to a realistic extent. But I am always looking for something more. Or else.

I've always had a vast field of superficial interests, and I always disliked this about myself. However, I don't know if I would prefer to be a Sherlock Holmes who knows everything about the composition of ground under his foot but nothing about the Solar system. I'd rather have a vast field of deep interests, but this is above my contentration capacity. I try to increase it though. Traying on practice – and more today than for many preceding years. This website is another beacon of this intention.

I feel quite solitary in this world, and am not that upset about it. At this point, I am just curious if people I imagine as fine and exciting exist at all, and where and how.

Currently, my main interests are philosophy and epistemology. I had spend many years regretting not diving deeper into Physics, but now it feels that I just took a wrong turn a while ago, since this is not who I am. The facts that I did well in Physics and respected it a lot don't mean anything in common with how my brain and spirit work. Philosophy feels so much more natural to them.

Among bullshit ideas, I am currently fascinated with noosphere and about to explore this concept more, just for fun and games.

So, welcome to my website, fellow (though probably not-existing) stranger.