About Kourosh Tari
Kourosh Tari is an independent thinker, romantic philosopher, and technologist whose work examines history, power, and human dignity in an age increasingly governed by ideology, abstraction, and machines.
Born in Iran in 1967 to a young, deeply intellectual Jewish mother, Tari came of age during the Islamic Revolution, witnessing firsthand how political and religious systems can criminalize thought, erase individuality, and sever human beings from moral responsibility. That early encounter with history as lived force—not theory—shaped the core of his intellectual life. In 2001, he fled Iran and has since resided in the United States.
Formally trained in mathematics and with over four decades of experience as a software engineer, designer, and coder, Tari brings analytic rigor to questions often treated emotionally or dogmatically. At the same time, his philosophical outlook is deeply influenced by Persian literature, Eastern teachings, and writers such as Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Solzhenitsyn—thinkers who confronted freedom, suffering, and truth without surrendering clarity.
Tari has published more than thirty books in Iran across computer science, mathematics, and Jewish history, including research on Jewish life in Iran, Iran during World War II, and the history of religion. Alongside his scholarly work, he writes poetry in Persian and English. His first English-language book, Conversation with Coyote, is a philosophical dialogue exploring life, truth, and awakening.
In his writing and public talks, Tari proposes answers—clearly and persuasively—while insisting on open, honest dialogue. He is opinionated, but never closed; firm in conviction, yet committed to conversation. His guiding principle in debate is simple: Let’s talk about this.
“I speak and write because my history compels me to,” he writes. “I have no choice. The time is short, and there is so much to say.”