Hi, just joined yesterday! I have a career in founding AI startups, doing evaluation on big ($100m/year) innovation programs, and generally trying to use numbers to make things better.
For years though, I’ve been trying to figure out what “better” really means, because if we don’t have that, then everything else is guesswork. That led me to my most recent research, and this post, which found that the current world standard model for life satisfaction appears fatally flawed. This is especially shocking because the current paradigm has been published in the same form since 2012.
I’m currently in the DC area but have lived around the country, and spent teenage years in France and China. It’s great to be here!
Thank you for the very kind response! The EA forum was an obvious choice, but if anyone has ideas about what organizations or outlets would be be interested in these findings, I would be very grateful for suggestions. So far responses have been enthusiastic, but often unsure of what the next step should be.