My personal take is that being a research manager at CSER is good. Researcher at MIRI or CSER would be good if one was quantitatively inclined or expert in policy or risky tech. Tech policy would be good in general if one was expert at that.
Broadly, I think that most promising careers currently accumulate and leverage some resource that is not money, but that relates to humanity’s future potential, in a way that folks like Musk or Moskovitz can’t easily purchase. Things like political clout, influence of researchers and influence of nvestors. If one can’t run a program to get any such resources, then earning to give could be decent if—like Matt Wage and Jaan Tallinn, you see opportunities that others miss.
My personal take is that being a research manager at CSER is good. Researcher at MIRI or CSER would be good if one was quantitatively inclined or expert in policy or risky tech. Tech policy would be good in general if one was expert at that.
Broadly, I think that most promising careers currently accumulate and leverage some resource that is not money, but that relates to humanity’s future potential, in a way that folks like Musk or Moskovitz can’t easily purchase. Things like political clout, influence of researchers and influence of nvestors. If one can’t run a program to get any such resources, then earning to give could be decent if—like Matt Wage and Jaan Tallinn, you see opportunities that others miss.