ZAMPUNK CYBERMONK
minimalism / agility / utility / pragmatism
WHAT IS ZAMPUNK?
[DRAFT] Zampunk: from Mongolian: [Зам/Zam + punk]. Zampunk is my personal lifestyle philosophy. In short, it means:
Stay Moving
Zampunk is inspired dynamically by Mongolian nomadism, philosophically by Daoism, Buddhism, and Stoicism, and aesthetically by a blend of Cyberpunk, Solarpunk, Southern Gothic, and Mad Max.
In Mongolian traditional script (left), words are bodies with horns, teeth, bellies, bows, and tails protruding from a central spine. The English form of Zampunk is a pictogram of a motorcycle.
I apply the pillars of minimalism, agility, utility, and pragmatism to live my life continually self-improving.
Onward, Outward, Upward, Forward
BIO
[ bio / life story TBD ]
HATS I'VE WORN
[ framing line: lived experience ]
- > Support group facilitator (in person + online)
- > Jury foreman
- > Personal assistant
- > Lab scientist
- > Pure mathematician
- > Event coordinator (3x)
- > Stay-at-home boyfriend
- > Summer camp counselor
- > [ more to add ]
MY PAST
[ short blurb TBD ]
RESEARCH
- > Thin-film solar cells
- > Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
- > Graph theory
- > Foundations of mathematics
- > Abstract objects
- > Metaphysics
PRACTICES
- > Tae Kwon Do6 yrs
- > Muay Thai2 yrs
MY PRESENT
[ short blurb TBD ]
RESEARCH
- > Semantic compression
- > AI safety macrostrategy
- > Contextualist epistemology
- > Relational ontology
- > Neural fractals
- > Methodology of AI-assisted research
- > Digital minds and AI welfare
- > Metarhetoric of AI safety
- > Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology
PRACTICES
- > Meditation6 yrs
- > Qi gong2 yrs
- > Meditation instruction1 yr
- > Executive functioning coaching[ X yrs ]
MY FUTURE
[DRAFT] Permaculture, intentional community. [ rest of blurb TBD ]
RESEARCH
- > Semiotics
- > Chaos theory
- > Game theory
- > Dynamical systems
- > Complex systems
- > Iterated function systems
- > Knowledge networks
- > Category theory
- > Decision theory
PRACTICES
- > [ future practices TBD ]
VALUES
- > Rhythm
- > Variety
- > Community
- > Rationality
- > Intuition
LEX
- > Practice practice practice
- > It requires effort to attain effortlessness
- > Suffering now is motivation later
- > Fear is temporary, regret is forever
- > The only way out is through
- > Onward, outward, upward, forward
- > Let go or be dragged
- > That which does not bend, breaks
- > Anything you lose by being real is fake
- > If you run from fear it will chase you
- > Doubt can only be removed by action
- > If you want to change your life, then change
- > The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there
- > It'll pass
REPRESENTATIVE ANIMAL
Black Vulture: [ why this animal ]
OTHER ANIMALS: [ TBD ]
INFLUENTIAL BOOKS
- Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig - Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn