Effective Absurdist
Jonathan Jacqueminet
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Exploring New Projects: Applied AI, Collective Knowledge, and Community-Driven Initiatives
Thanks a lot for this post, this helps me a lot to both gain a philosophical and epistemological base for my future path, especially given that I am relatively new to the EA movement.
This was more targeted towards my family since I wanted to explain to them both how I envision my future career aswell as how they can help improving the world.
I also know that they do not care about factory farming whatsoever so including it seemed useless.
Thanks for your comment though, I will adapt the PPT if I want to pitch the ideas to other audiences.
Hi Peter,
Thanks for your advice! I intend to keep on building on this idea in the next few months and have though about reaching out to a few EA orgs that work with students or high-schoolers.
As for working for these EA orgs, that is indeed a potential path in my mind. However, since places within EA orgs are very convoluted, it seems unlikely that I could for one directly after my masters.
I will keep your advice in mind and hope you have a nice day!
I don’t think there’s an “endgame” for EA—suffering will always be around, so there’s never really a point where we can say, “We’ve done enough”. The ongoing challenge gives me purpose. Without suffering, there’s no meaning—like how there’s no hero without a villain.
But rather than seeing that as a never-ending grind, maybe it’s more like being on a path with ourselves, our actions, and the people we meet. If you can enjoy the roses along the way, drink a fine wine with your loved ones, and rest on a quaint bench to take a breather, isn’t it kind of nice to keep walking?