I’m sorry to hear about your illness but it’s good to hear about your interest in EA! I imagine it’ll be hard to give concrete advice without knowing more about your background, interests, and skills. Do you mind giving a little more information?
You might find some of the general advice on the website of 80000 Hours interesting, although their advice is targeted at a slightly different demographic.
You may also want to join a local EA group in your city or university, if there exists one :)
Thank you all for your replies! After reading through the 80000 hours website I think the following areas of personal interest could be useful:
languages (including Mandarin Chinese)
Mental ill-health (primarily suicide prevention)
policy relating to: religious ( & lack thereof) freedom, minority protection in the developing world (e.g. sexual minorities) asylum seekers & immigration holding centres
the mention of desicion-makig psychology research caught my interest; but it sounds quite competitive.
I’m sorry to hear about your illness but it’s good to hear about your interest in EA! I imagine it’ll be hard to give concrete advice without knowing more about your background, interests, and skills. Do you mind giving a little more information?
You might find some of the general advice on the website of 80000 Hours interesting, although their advice is targeted at a slightly different demographic.
You may also want to join a local EA group in your city or university, if there exists one :)
Thank you all for your replies! After reading through the 80000 hours website I think the following areas of personal interest could be useful:
languages (including Mandarin Chinese)
Mental ill-health (primarily suicide prevention)
policy relating to: religious ( & lack thereof) freedom, minority protection in the developing world (e.g. sexual minorities) asylum seekers & immigration holding centres
the mention of desicion-makig psychology research caught my interest; but it sounds quite competitive.