There are very few people with longtermist & entrepreneurial experience (e.g., 2-3 years experience in both) that we trust to execute ambitious projects in specific areas of longtermism (bio, AI, etc.).
Do you have any reflections or recommendations about what people who meet one but not both of these criteria could be doing to become great potential LEs? I appreciate that there is an obvious answer along the lines of “try the other one out!” but I’m wondering if you have any specific suggestions beyond that.
I.e.
What could people with longtermist experience but negligible entrepreneurship experience be doing to bridge that gap? Are there any specific resources (books, articles, courses, internships, etc) you’d recommend for people to start testing their personal fit with this and building relevant skills?
And the same question again for people with entrepreneurship experience but negligible longtermist experience.
(Further also to hrosspet’s question, I’d be interested in roughly how you were defining/conceptualising those two categories, and if you have general comments about the ways in which people tended to insufficiently developed in one or the other.)
Do you have any reflections or recommendations about what people who meet one but not both of these criteria could be doing to become great potential LEs? I appreciate that there is an obvious answer along the lines of “try the other one out!” but I’m wondering if you have any specific suggestions beyond that.
I.e.
What could people with longtermist experience but negligible entrepreneurship experience be doing to bridge that gap? Are there any specific resources (books, articles, courses, internships, etc) you’d recommend for people to start testing their personal fit with this and building relevant skills?
And the same question again for people with entrepreneurship experience but negligible longtermist experience.
(Further also to hrosspet’s question, I’d be interested in roughly how you were defining/conceptualising those two categories, and if you have general comments about the ways in which people tended to insufficiently developed in one or the other.)