Hi Steemitters! I'm Andrea, a 28-year-old Dutch native. I was born, raised and will probably die in Amsterdam. I'll receive my MA degree in Philosophy this fall (just finishing my thesis). Because I am the type of person who likes almost every subject, I ended up with way too many courses in completely unrelated corners of philosophy. The result is a patchwork curriculum comprised of but not limited to bioethics, philosophy of law, philosophy of language, philosophy of technology, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of quantum mechanics (Everettian Many Worlds quantum mechanics is the subject of my thesis. Now you know why I still have to finish it..).
Yesterday, I celebrated 4-years of being married to my amazing, brilliant and hilarious husband Wouter. Here is a picture of us on a recent trip to Crete:
Before all the good things happened, like getting married and studying philosophy, I went to Art School (visual arts) and absolutely HATED it. After four miserable years going through the motions I graduated having learned only that being good at something when you're in elementary school doesn't mean you should make it your career. I didn't just want to do things, I wanted to know WHY I was doing them and what they were. That desire to know what the heck I was doing started my journey down philosophy road and here I am, writing a thesis on parallel universes.
Here is a picture of my sausage dog Teddy, because he is awesome in every universe:
Very recently, I started writing some articles in English, which was pretty scary, since it is considered taboo in civilized circles to write about important things in a non-native language. So I write about unimportant things instead, like the US presidential elections (four paragraphs in and I already outed myself as an anarchist). I have written quite a few shorter articles and columns in Dutch, and have given several lectures and speeches on voluntaryism and law. One of my speeches even got published (w00t!) and can be read on actual paper and bought in an actual bookstore. Don't believe me? Here's proof:
Translation: The Best State We Never Had. It is published in the chapter Chaos and Resistance, which makes me feel really proud for some reason.
Now I want to win a Pulitzer Prize. Gotta have goals.
I'm also pretty serious when it comes to voluntaryism, my particular branch of anarchism. Going through Art School AND lots of soft science courses as someone who vehemently opposes parliamentary democracy and the welfare state was, to put it mildly, not always easy. It did give me a great poker face.
But Muh Roads!
(I tried to smile for a picture once, it was awful. If you want me to post it, I will. Maybe.)
But there you go, that is me. If you think you like me and want to read my things, please follow me so we can start doing cool stuff!
Don't be shy to get in touch. When in doubt and in need of courage, I remember these wise words by my favorite fictional politician:
come at me bro
