More generally, doing good effectively is hard, and can be scary sometimes. None of us have all or most of the right answers, even if we use big words and fancy numbers and sound confident about specific subclaims. We’re all in this difficult, potentially arduous journey of trying to figure out how to do the most good. There’s no guarantee that we’ll figure it all out, but we just have to give it our best shot, and approach these questions with curiosity, and dedication, and careful thought.
Hi! Unfortunately I’m about an hour and a half away from U of M, and my college doesn’t seem to have an EA group. I will definitely check out the list of humanities ideas though, thank you!
Welcome to the forum! I don’t know where you go to college, but UMich appears to have an active EA group. Often local connections are helpful.
One idea: if you are interested in research, Lizka (who manages the forum and worked with me last year in a research fellowship) wrote up a list of humanities research ideas for longtermists.
More generally, doing good effectively is hard, and can be scary sometimes. None of us have all or most of the right answers, even if we use big words and fancy numbers and sound confident about specific subclaims. We’re all in this difficult, potentially arduous journey of trying to figure out how to do the most good. There’s no guarantee that we’ll figure it all out, but we just have to give it our best shot, and approach these questions with curiosity, and dedication, and careful thought.
Hi! Unfortunately I’m about an hour and a half away from U of M, and my college doesn’t seem to have an EA group. I will definitely check out the list of humanities ideas though, thank you!