Hello, World.

As an introduction, you can call me any version of John, Johnny, Yiannis, or even Rubber if you like. (I hope at least some people will understand that last one - a futile attempt at bullying at school that I just found amusing!)

I currently work in the automotive industry. I guess I am obliged to add at this point that my views expressed on this platform are my own, and do not that represent those of any employer, institution or other corporate entity that I am a part of, past, future, or present.

My interests are very much wide-reaching, but my fascination is people. I have a fascination for the way humans behave and interact with each other as well as with the natural world around us. The differing languages, cultures and religions which are so interesting to me fortify my desire to travel the world in order to experience and comprehend all that I can about this wonderful pale blue dot.

Coming from an engineering background, I have an almost innate love of science and technology. There is no other way I would have found Steemit if it had not been for my delayed entry into the world of cryptocurrency. Even so, for some reason I shied away from programming/coding as much as I could whilst at university. This is something I regret and hence I am endeavouring to learn much about currently. This is all in the hope of being able to be the captain of my career, destiny and wealth and one that isn't condensed into a monotonous 9-5 routine for a global corporate where opportunities to live outside of someone else's dream is often in the 3-4 weeks annual leave you receive each year if you are lucky.

You are probably reading this thinking he is a cynic and a skeptic and you would be damn right. I couldn't be more different from the Greek Orthodox culture I was born and stamped into as a child -- by the way, I'm not sure which of Atheism and Veganism is more sacrilegious to it, either! However, the one thing I have learnt in my life is to question everything - never cease to ask why. Otherwise, you end up part of a flock, a sheep, not even understanding why you believe in what you do, no matter the absurdity of it. It does no harm to challenge your own beliefs: either they become strengthened; or you have opened your mind to an alternate view, have learned something new in the process which may help you think differently in the future.

Music is my other passion. Music does things for my mind that I can only associate to a way of finding inner peace in this crazy world that we live in and for that it will always be so special to me.

Anyway, I will soon begin posting on an eclectic mix of interesting things, to me at least, and hope others find them interesting enough to spend their valuable time on this precious planet to read about.

Peace out, world.

J.