I think meditation is a very interesting medium for learning that we aren’t using much yet. Guided meditation recordings are highly scalable and can be used to deal with specific challenges that (effective) altruists encounter, like these by Holly Morgan, or to teach elements from the Replacing Guilt Series.
I would be very interested in seeing someone do a few of these to test the idea. Plausibly, this only becomes effective once the EA has grown substantially in size.
Two other topics suitably for a guided meditation recording:
EA events (retreats, conferences) can be very exciting and very taxing, and the meditation could help to calm people down, refresh, process what’s going on, set intention or reflect on one’s intention, prioritize, etc.
Demotivated moments: sometimes EA feels like running against a wall—the effort just seems a complete waste, and it’d be nice to have some meditation to turn to. It could help people to deal healthily with setbacks by trying to learn from them, and then accepting whatever is.
Guided meditation recordings for EAs
I think meditation is a very interesting medium for learning that we aren’t using much yet. Guided meditation recordings are highly scalable and can be used to deal with specific challenges that (effective) altruists encounter, like these by Holly Morgan, or to teach elements from the Replacing Guilt Series.
I would be very interested in seeing someone do a few of these to test the idea. Plausibly, this only becomes effective once the EA has grown substantially in size.
Two other topics suitably for a guided meditation recording:
EA events (retreats, conferences) can be very exciting and very taxing, and the meditation could help to calm people down, refresh, process what’s going on, set intention or reflect on one’s intention, prioritize, etc.
Demotivated moments: sometimes EA feels like running against a wall—the effort just seems a complete waste, and it’d be nice to have some meditation to turn to. It could help people to deal healthily with setbacks by trying to learn from them, and then accepting whatever is.