Home: Boston, MA. Age: 41. Birthplace: New Jersey. Profession: Healthcare operations. Organization: Healthsource Rhode Island. Title: Operations Specialist. Alma mater: Rutgers University; Boston University.
Hobbies: Reading, listening to music, playing board games, and discussing history. Recent travel or adventure: Colombia, Bolivia, and Chile. Last book read: Red Rising, by Pierce Brown. Recently viewed and recommended: Vencer o Morir (Amazon Prime). Recent unique acquisition: COIN boardgames by GMT.
How do you define a perfect friendship? Loyalty, interest in maintaining the friendship, and not being flaky. What is your greatest fear? Powerlessness. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Investigative journalists are my heroes. What is at the top of your bucket list? Travel to South Korea. Need some of that BBQ. How do you relieve stress? Reading or listening to loud rock/metal. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Going to where the locals go and experiencing the working-class culture.
What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Dino Riders. What book have you repeatedly read? Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? A poster from the book Dune. Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? Errico Malatesta. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? Bluetooth technology.
What message do you want to send out into the world?
A rising tide lifts all boats.
What mega-trend most excites you? The shift to renewable energy worldwide. What mega-trend most concerns you? The extension of gig work as replacement for a full-time job with benefits.
What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Joseph Fiennes. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? Godzilla. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? My book collection.
If you could go back in time and make a difference, when and where would you go? Spain right before the Spanish Civil War to help defeat the fascists. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? My twenties. I love the friends I made along the way, but I would have made some very different choices.
Personal mission: Social emancipation. Favorite quote: “Freedom is the absolute condition of all progress” (Mikhail Bakunin). Desired epitaph: And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning: That path leads ever down into stagnation.
