“To see the world as it is, rather than as I wish it to be.”
I work for the EA research nonprofit Rethink Priorities. Despite my official title, I don’t really think of the stuff I do as “research.” In particular, when I think of the word “research”, I think of people who are expanding the frontiers of the world’s knowledge, whereas often I’m more interested in expanding the frontiers of my knowledge, and/or disseminating it to the relevant parties.
I’m also really interested in forecasting.
People may or may not also be interested in my comments on Metaculus and Twitter:
Metaculus: https://pandemic.metaculus.com/accounts/profile/112057/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LinchZhang
Questions for both:
How has the covid-19 pandemic affected your ability to raise money for malaria prevention from both EA and non-EA sources?
How has it affected your ability to deliver {bednets, chemoprevention} to beneficiaries?