Ever since my childhood I sought the truth, savored my liberty, and had a strong sense of justice. With time, this turned into a drive to understand the iniqiuities of the world and find solutions to them. Through various twists and turns, these tendencies have led me to writing a book about Liberalism.
People often start their story from the town they grew up in. For me, it's more relevant to mention the school I grew up in - The Democratic School of Hadera. Why do I say "grew up"? Because I attended it since I was five and until I was eighteen. Many of my most meaningful experiences and relationships took place there. It has shaped who I am more than I can say. Though I finished school more than eight years ago, every time I go to visit, the place feels like home and the people feel like family. Perhaps most importantly, it provided me with the freedom to independently pursue my interests and passions, and the agency to act towards my goals and according to my values (for example, I went vegan when I was 11yo, even though I didn't know anyone else who was vegan).
After leaving school I kept investing most of my time into research that would help me understand how the world works, why certain things are broken, and how to fix them. Around this time I discovered LessWrong, and the ideas and attitude I learned there became my main guide in this pursuit. I have a passion for education that I've picked up from my school. For a time, I wanted to pursue education with the end goal being to open my own school according to my educational philosophy. I worked in education for a year and half. Then several things happened in close succession:
This culminated in a decision to focus on economics and governance, which I found to be at the root of all the issues I cared about, rather than education (whose issues were also mostly of an economic and political nature). Two months after the war broke out, I had the idea for my book, and began writing.
My main project is Mechanisms of Liberty, a book about the shortcomings of modern liberalism and how to fix it.
I have a bunch of economic research ideas, so I'm gradually studying math in order to pursue them.
And I also have some other ideas waiting to reach maturity, like starting a podcast and doing live lectures.
I have many passions, interests and hobbies other than those already mentioned. I believe in doing my best live the sort of life I would want to live if what I advocate and work towards had already been achieved. I believe sacrificing everything in pursuit of these reforms risks losing sight of the true ends. The values we truly care about which these reforms would let flourish.
I love music. I sing and play drums and guitar. I love sports. I practiced Krav Maga for 17 years. Did some acro yoga and indoor climbing. I now dance a lot (mostly Bachata, some Salsa). I also do improv theatre. I don't do it much, but I love hiking. And most centrally, I love spending time with my friends.