Hey! I am Mart, I learned about EA a few years back through LessWrong. Currently, I am pursuing a PhD in the theory of quantum technologies and learning more about doing good better in the EA Ulm local group and the EA Math and Physics professional group.
Mart_Korz
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Very nice, thanks!
If people are getting happier (and rescaling is occuring) the probability of these actions should become less linked to reported LS — but they don’t.
When I first read this sentence I thought that your argument makes perfect sense, but then when I read
Surprisingly, the relationship appears to get stronger over time. That’s the opposite of what rescaling predicts!
in the Overall happiness section and my first thought was: “well, I guess people are getting more demanding”. And now I am confused. I could imagine thinking about “people don’t settle for half-good any more” as a kind of increased happiness (even if calling it “satisfaction” would be strange).
Independent of this, my personal impression about economic wealth ever since childhood has been that my physical needs are essentially saturated and my social environment is massively more important for my subjective well-being. And although the latter is influenced by wealth, it is much more strongly affected by culture. And although I can think of plenty cultural developments that I am thankful for, I can also think of many that don’t push me in a healthy direction.
EA Ulm—workshop on Global Health
Meet us @ Uni Forum Ulm
Semester start—Intro to EA and pizza
I think it is good that (former) CEA has recognized that society has moved beyond distractingly specific names.
After Alphabet, Meta and X took the lead, I am excited about the impact that the Centre will create in adjacency to the EA community.
EA Ulm—workshop on impact modelling
EA Ulm—workshop on Artificial Intelligence
EA Ulm—workshop on communication
Semester start—EA basics and pizza
Meet us for a waffle at Uni Ulm
Meet us @ Uni Forum Ulm
EA Ulm—open meeting
EA Ulm—open meeting
live Q&A—AI and the future of humanity
Semester start—EA basics and pizza
Update on the giving game contributions towards PlayPumps International: With some delay, we were able to find a way to donate the 2 € which were selected to go to PlayPumps by our participants.
Thanks for engaging!
I don’t think that is necessary—my confusion is more about grasping how the aspects play together :) I’m afraid I will have to make myself a few drawings to get a better grasp.