Hello all! I’m currently an undergraduate studying ppe with data science at UCL, and I’ve been aware of Effective Altruism for the past couple years. Recently I have begun to more thoroughly research and become more familiar with the EA goals and methodology. I have a lot of respect for the approach within the community, and would really like to get involved and start contributing.
I feel as if I am at the beginning of a path so right now I have a lot of interests which I would like to experiment with to deepen my understanding. These include ethical AI and data infrastructure, environmental sustainability, animal welfare and policy processes. Equally I’ve found the meta-study of EA a really intriguing concept that I would like to explore. I was wondering if anyone could provide some guidance for this point in my journey:
How best to experiment and develop a more cohesive idea of what I would like to specialise in?
Where and how I could immediately start contributing (I live in London, although I appreciate that currently a lot of things are likely to be remote)
Just to clarify, this means I would like to join a local community
If anyone has interesting resources (i.e., Exec summaries, articles, papers) that they would like to have a discussion about to stimulate the brain cells, I would be very eager to facilitate that.
Otherwise, I hope this to be the first post of many! I look forward to getting to know some of you, and who knows maybe working with you!
Hello all! I’m currently an undergraduate studying ppe with data science at UCL, and I’ve been aware of Effective Altruism for the past couple years. Recently I have begun to more thoroughly research and become more familiar with the EA goals and methodology. I have a lot of respect for the approach within the community, and would really like to get involved and start contributing.
I feel as if I am at the beginning of a path so right now I have a lot of interests which I would like to experiment with to deepen my understanding. These include ethical AI and data infrastructure, environmental sustainability, animal welfare and policy processes. Equally I’ve found the meta-study of EA a really intriguing concept that I would like to explore. I was wondering if anyone could provide some guidance for this point in my journey:
How best to experiment and develop a more cohesive idea of what I would like to specialise in?
Where and how I could immediately start contributing (I live in London, although I appreciate that currently a lot of things are likely to be remote)
Just to clarify, this means I would like to join a local community
If anyone has interesting resources (i.e., Exec summaries, articles, papers) that they would like to have a discussion about to stimulate the brain cells, I would be very eager to facilitate that.
Otherwise, I hope this to be the first post of many! I look forward to getting to know some of you, and who knows maybe working with you!