Heya! I’m Conrad, and I’m an effective altruist who’s (1) not really a utilitarian and (2) unsure about narrow longtermism, whilst still (3) worried about neartermism’s potential to neglect really high-impact but only slightly less tractable solutions. As if that doesn’t make me a minority enough within EA, I’m also a black guy!
But I’ve long been dedicated to doing the most good I can. I’m a recent PPE grad who studied effective altruist philosophy at uni, and have been interested in its ideas for quite some time now. I’ve also been doing lots of self-studying over the recent months. I’m soon starting my career in London at an EdTech startup for the career capital, but certainly looking to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems in the future. Using the forum will hopefully let me collect with more people, and resolve my (many!) uncertainties within the EA space.
Trying to resolve uncertainties is a great way to use the site — though you’ll also probably discover some new uncertainties :-)
I definitely recommend asking questions if any come to mind, even if they seem simple or straightforward; the simpler they are, the likelier it is that someone else has the same question.
Heya! I’m Conrad, and I’m an effective altruist who’s (1) not really a utilitarian and (2) unsure about narrow longtermism, whilst still (3) worried about neartermism’s potential to neglect really high-impact but only slightly less tractable solutions. As if that doesn’t make me a minority enough within EA, I’m also a black guy!
But I’ve long been dedicated to doing the most good I can. I’m a recent PPE grad who studied effective altruist philosophy at uni, and have been interested in its ideas for quite some time now. I’ve also been doing lots of self-studying over the recent months. I’m soon starting my career in London at an EdTech startup for the career capital, but certainly looking to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems in the future. Using the forum will hopefully let me collect with more people, and resolve my (many!) uncertainties within the EA space.
Nice to meet you Conrad! EA London is starting to host more in person events—you should come hang out when you’re in London!
Welcome to the Forum!
Trying to resolve uncertainties is a great way to use the site — though you’ll also probably discover some new uncertainties :-)
I definitely recommend asking questions if any come to mind, even if they seem simple or straightforward; the simpler they are, the likelier it is that someone else has the same question.