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.
Given finitude of existence, I think I’d rather help an old lady cross the street & make someone smile than read forum posts. If I had a lot more time in a day, then forum posts might come after reading fiction, gardening, and baking dark chocolate brownies. But before, reading Chomsky, learning Mandarin, and trying to find an answer to a non-pragmatic theoretical question like “If aliens exist, what could that mean about humanity?”
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.
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.