Mox Movie Nights watched Slumdog Millionaire today and it reminded me of the why behind the work. We’re not here to EV-max, to gain impact points, to count utils. We’re here because the world is unfair, suffering is prolific, and need to find a way through it.
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These are article views specifically (people who clicked on the guide). Here it is: Linkedin post
🥹 and +1 that is one of my favorite episodes
As I’m sending this to an AIS person, wanted to recommend including Luma tags for different cause areas (EA SF kinda does this but more Adjacent vs EA SF organized) https://luma.com/calendar/cal-D5yWBPY7IroUiUX
this post struck me as heartfelt & earnest. a warm cup of vegan soup for the soul
thank you! nudge nudge- 80k nudge nudge
This post speaks to the first principles and EA-agnostic part of me. I think anger is totally fine and don’t really agree with the emotionless aspect of EA. If the forum’s objective is a professional organization with formality, then sure. But if its more flexible in the direction of Reddit, I’m happy to read and resonate the raw and hard aspects of striving for suffering alleviation. Good for diversity of thought. (Minus uh ecoterrorism equivalent sentiment)
Have @Matt Beard and @Mjreard considered having a child and naming it Matt BrEArdon?
Manson’s Law: the more a situation or action threatens your identity, the more you will avoid it
Can you make it easier to submit (volume) by making fields optional? I.e. I’d love to just submit a handful of links—AI can generate the summary etc.
I recently moved from NYC to SF and Mox has been absolutely critical in creating positive-sum connections.
Ex:
Started a group house with 3 Moxians through a discord post—increasing all of our QOL—joy & impact,
Getting connected to Seldon Lab and offering them Generalist support in a regular capacity,
Schelling point for EA SF—significant mental load removed for regular event planning as well as community consolidation.
We are greater than the sum of our parts through Mox.
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Hi! I’ve thought a lot about this and meant to write a piece on how EA can feel like an overbearing parent. If this is in line with what you’re looking for, let’s chat!
What are your thoughts on the seemingly over aching demand but lack of supply for impactful work? It seems like most legs are encouraging highly impactful careers and once people are convinced, are left with minimal opportunities. Are there thoughts on encouraging other routes like ETG or Community Building?
this is great. thank you
“but in the more visceral, emotional sense of what it feels like to step into a room where you don’t know if you belong, or if you really can contribute.”
Your writing feels like poetry. For this line, I think of… wanting to push for more culture where EA events & connections are more on the friendship/sports team side <---than--> networking/work, which will subsists on its own without any help due to the nature of the org.
Can you provide a rationale/cost-effectiveness estimate as to why a dollar donated to EAIF goes further to save lives/suffering reduction than a GiveWell Top charity?
hey brad! this came out recently and thought it (tangentially) related :)
You have structured manifesto here—pieces of which that I have thought of but have not able to fully articulate. I admire and appreciate your piece.
1- I’m curious about how a few ancillary things will play a role in this utopia (perhaps obsolete): government, “work” (if no one works, then...), crime (due to biological lack of empathy, a common factor in criminals), education, economics/politics, etc.
2- I believe that your vision is a very nuanced perspective as someone (I’m assuming) in a first-world country, upper income bracket, formal education. I’m curious about the commonalities/differences of that of someone from a radically different upbringing/socioeconomic class.
| As long as you’re taking the question of doing Big Good seriously, we want you to host discussions of everything from RCTs, to fundamental science, to YIMBY, to post-AGI politics, and more.
Especially excited about this & happy to help out if y’all need an extra pair of hands