Intent on squashing memories of his formal academic education, Rubin took to the road for over a year of adventure travel—backpacking first across Africa, and then across Asia.
Being schooled by the world enhanced life lessons and fostered even more appreciation of history, economics, science, and literature. With luck, some of these ideas inform Rubin's writing.
Rubin is an avid endurance athlete having completed multiple Ironman distances including IM Canada and IM Lake Tahoe. When he writes, his Chesapeake Bay retriever, Hunter, is often nearby.