Working in healthcare technology.
MSc in applied mathematics/theoretical ML.
Interested in increasing diversity, transparency and democracy in the EA movement. Would like to know how algorithm developers can help “neartermist” causes.
Guy Raveh
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“Under ordinary circumstances” → “If you cannot afford [to give as much as is needed]”
See also SMBC’s “Effective Villainy”
I propose the creation of an umbrella organisation for all EA activities with the name Control—which all other orgs can then spin out of.
As a representative of Naming What We Can, I feel that after this change Swapcard would be better served by the name Tarotcard.
Naming What We Can is now officially* considering renaming itself Shrimping What We Can (or alternatively, Naming What We Shrimp).
*By “officially” I mean that I’m going to show one of the other co-founders a screenshot of this comment
Thank you! This is the kind of important work EA must now strive for.
EA is now scandal-constrained
What
Are you sure you have the numbers right? 80,000 Shrimp doesn’t sound like that many
Off the top of my head, that time limit is often two years after the filing of the bankruptcy case.
Do you know where I can find a legal reference with the exact time limit?
If the FTX debtors are paid back without taking back my grant, I’d like to donate it somewhere, but I need to know I’m protected from a clawback in that scenario.
I note there is no path for Cotton-Barratt to become a typical member of the community again
I don’t think this is true?
I don’t feel qualified to give an opinion on the board decisions, punishment etc. for the specific case. But in nature, it does look like a decision that allows returning to full participation in the community, subject to some future checks, which makes sense.
And his reputation has suffered a blow, but not a very big one? Like, I don’t see anyone publicly objecting to his presence on the forum.
I’m glad to see:
The Community Health team adopting more robust procedures
Transparency regarding the changes made and the reasons for them
The boards of EV taking an active role in overseeing this and in acting even against a well known and powerful figure.
I was also glad to see Owen step down from his role, taking full responsibility and apologizing for his actions, cooperating and attempting to improve himself. This sets a good example.
I certainly also think it’d be useless, like most prediction markets in EA.
I think it would be net negative, in the “What is your community doing to prevent sexual misconduct? - Oh, we make bets about it” kind of way.
2 years later, I stumbled onto this comment, and I’d be happy to know if your perspective about this has changed after the FTX crisis.
Thanks for the data! For other readers I’ll note the Faunalytics page you linked to contains more interesting information (e.g. a majority of lapsed vegns try it only for health reasons, while a majority of those who remain vegn do not).
The remainder of that distribution after the 1 year mark would also be interesting, as it might take over that to get accustomed to it.
This does suggest that a gradual transition might have higher success rates?
Sorry, I originally commented with a much more detailed account but decided I didn’t want so much personal info on the forum.
On my first attempt at vegetarianism I failed after about a week, and after that I decided to start with avoiding meat at home and at uni. The transition to being fully vegan took about 2.5 years. I was a picky eater so I had a lot of foods and ingredients to get used to. I also improved my cooking abilities a lot during this time.
Edit: it’s true that I’m now in a phase where it is almost costless for me to be vegan, and I’ve been in that state for years. My point is rather that I didn’t start off like that.
FWIW my personal experience doesn’t square with this. It was initially hard for me but after a transition period where I got accustomed to new foods, it got much easier. For most people—those who are medically able to do it—I think this would be the case.
Are there vaccines specific to the new variant?
FTFY