I don’t have enough data to know if there are specific paths not enough people are taking, but I’m pretty certain there’s a question that not enough people are asking within the paths they’re taking: how is what I’m doing *right now* going to lead to a 10x/100x/1,000x win, in expectation? What’s the Move 37 I’m making, that nobody else is seeing? This mentality that can be applied in pretty much any career path.
Note that your argument here is roughly Ben Pace’s position in this post which we co-wrote. I argued against Ben’s position in the post because I thought it was too extreme, but I agree with both of you that most EAs aren’t going far enough in that direction.
I don’t have enough data to know if there are specific paths not enough people are taking, but I’m pretty certain there’s a question that not enough people are asking within the paths they’re taking: how is what I’m doing *right now* going to lead to a 10x/100x/1,000x win, in expectation? What’s the Move 37 I’m making, that nobody else is seeing? This mentality that can be applied in pretty much any career path.
Note that your argument here is roughly Ben Pace’s position in this post which we co-wrote. I argued against Ben’s position in the post because I thought it was too extreme, but I agree with both of you that most EAs aren’t going far enough in that direction.