Jacob

Stanford University, Attended 2003 - 2005, Class of 2005, Master's Degree, bidness
Duke University, Attended 1995 - 1999, Class of 1999, Bachelor's Degree

bleeding heart do gooder

politics (rad), basketball (duke), theory (systems), games (chess), watercolors (17th century chinese), walking (outside), giving (a shit), having (a sandwich)

the brothers karamazov, blindness, the hobbit, the genealogy of morals, midnight's children, the web of life; invisible cities; the writings of MLK, gandhi, kierkegaard; plus: calvin and hobbes, the boondocks, pearls before swine

the living daylights, the seventh seal, rushmore, lord of the rings, terminator 2, in the mood for love, princess bride, lawrence of arabia

mos def, talib kweli, neko case, nina simone, postal service, belle and sebastian, lucinda williams, yo la tengo, johnny cash, manu chao, joni mitchell, judy collins, johnny cash, zz top, vivaldi, sigur ros, the knife

simpsons, macgyver, 24, c-span, the daily show

Cancer

generally confused about whether to be serious or silly: born in NC; grew up on farm with rad parents; have worked in politics in DC, SF, and other places for greenpeace, rainforest action network, citizen works, bridgespan and others; just finished graduate school in CA; now working at the hewlett foundation trying to build a stronger sector of do-gooders; generally feel that a) life has given me more than i could ever deserve, b) it's a good idea to give a shit about people and the world, and c) well, i can't remember c. sorry.

there's this interesting thing, i already know so many wonderful people only half way that meeting more seems like it would compromise my ability to really know the first half the whole way. but i guess that's best problem imaginable. bring it on.