Hi everyone! I’m Joanna, 25 year old from Poland. My main EA interests are factory farming, wild animal suffering and s-risks.
I’ve been thinking of myself as a negative utilitarian for a long time, but the extent of my contribution was being a silent, resigned vegan. I hit rock bottom in September this year after reaching a conclusion that my life is probably a net negative for the world and that I unwittingly cause more suffering than my life is worth. I got support from a community built around David Pearce’s ‘Hedonistic Imperative’ and that’s how I learned about EA, so I guess you could say it saved my life.
Since then I’ve been volunteering for Anima International and offering skilled volunteering for other EA-aligned animal advocacy orgs as a graphic designer (feel free to contact me if you need some graphic design done!)
I’m also trying to decide what to do with my 80.000-n hours, but the more I read the less certain I am (and there wasn’t much certainty to begin with). I’ve worked as a senior artist for the gamedev industry, so my skillset is pretty narrow and mostly redundant due to AI. So far I’ve finished some courses (mainly on effective animal advocacy and nonprofit work) and I’m now learning data science, economics and biology.
Giving status: monthly donations to ACE and Otwarte Klatki (Anima International); planning to take the GWWC pledge when I have stable income (I’m currently freelancing and in the process of transitioning to a more impactful career path)
degree of initiation into EA: I’m currently halfway through the EA Handbook and 3⁄4 through the 80.000 Hours career planning course; I’ve read ‘Doing Good Better’, ’80.000 Hours’, ‘Map and Territory’, ‘Hedonistic Imperative’, ‘Thinking, fast and slow’, ‘Famine, affluence and morality’; started reading ‘Animal Liberation Now’, but it was too brutal. I also finished AAC’s effective animal advocacy course.
Hey Joanna! Welcome to the EA Forum + insofar as I can say so, to the EA Community! Thanks for sharing so much about your orientation with EA and your career, I really got a picture of you from reading this. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about EA, the EA Forum, etc… Cheers, Toby- Content Manager for the EA Forum.
Hi everyone! I’m Joanna, 25 year old from Poland. My main EA interests are factory farming, wild animal suffering and s-risks.
I’ve been thinking of myself as a negative utilitarian for a long time, but the extent of my contribution was being a silent, resigned vegan. I hit rock bottom in September this year after reaching a conclusion that my life is probably a net negative for the world and that I unwittingly cause more suffering than my life is worth. I got support from a community built around David Pearce’s ‘Hedonistic Imperative’ and that’s how I learned about EA, so I guess you could say it saved my life.
Since then I’ve been volunteering for Anima International and offering skilled volunteering for other EA-aligned animal advocacy orgs as a graphic designer (feel free to contact me if you need some graphic design done!)
I’m also trying to decide what to do with my 80.000-n hours, but the more I read the less certain I am (and there wasn’t much certainty to begin with). I’ve worked as a senior artist for the gamedev industry, so my skillset is pretty narrow and mostly redundant due to AI. So far I’ve finished some courses (mainly on effective animal advocacy and nonprofit work) and I’m now learning data science, economics and biology.
Giving status: monthly donations to ACE and Otwarte Klatki (Anima International); planning to take the GWWC pledge when I have stable income (I’m currently freelancing and in the process of transitioning to a more impactful career path)
degree of initiation into EA: I’m currently halfway through the EA Handbook and 3⁄4 through the 80.000 Hours career planning course; I’ve read ‘Doing Good Better’, ’80.000 Hours’, ‘Map and Territory’, ‘Hedonistic Imperative’, ‘Thinking, fast and slow’, ‘Famine, affluence and morality’; started reading ‘Animal Liberation Now’, but it was too brutal. I also finished AAC’s effective animal advocacy course.
Favourite EA forum post: on the fence between https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Dtr8aHqCQSDhyueFZ/the-possibility-of-an-ongoing-moral-catastrophe-summary and https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RZEvk6cBtBg2mpgwS/trigger-warning-violence-animal-vs-human-welfare-sharing
Favourite EA book: ‘Doing Good Better’, (or, if I can go a bit wider, ‘Map and Territory’)
What I can offer: volunteering as a graphic designer, I’m also pretty good at tedious labour (like data cleanup) in google sheets.
Hoping to: get more clarity regarding career path and building skills useful for the movement.
Interests outside EA: metalearning, PKMs, productivity, psychology, art (the practical side of it)
Glad to be here!
Hey Joanna! Welcome to the EA Forum + insofar as I can say so, to the EA Community!
Thanks for sharing so much about your orientation with EA and your career, I really got a picture of you from reading this. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about EA, the EA Forum, etc…
Cheers, Toby- Content Manager for the EA Forum.