Max Görlitz

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Currently getting a master’s in genomics at Oxford. My thesis is focused on optimizing probe design for bait capture sequencing for infectious disease diagnostics/surveillance. Worked on biosecurity research around far-UVC safety @SecureBio. Organized EA Munich for >2 years and did some EA community building in Germany. Studied 3 years of clinical medicine.

Sometimes, I write about meditation and other stuff. You can find my writing on my website or Substack: https://glozematrix.substack.com/

Feel free to reach out to me at my email address, and let me know if you’d like to chat: hello [at] maxgoerlitz [dot] com

(last updated in March 2024)

Why are we not using upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) more?

Max GörlitzMar 11, 2024, 8:51 AM

47 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

Focus on broad (and passive) defense technologies for biosecurity

Max GörlitzMar 11, 2024, 8:48 AM

37 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

Map of the biosecurity landscape (list of GCBR-relevant orgs for newcomers)

Max GörlitzSep 17, 2023, 8:56 AM

151 points

7 comments12 min readEA link

(bit.ly)

Thoughts on far-UVC after working in the field for 8 months

Max GörlitzJul 31, 2023, 2:36 PM

233 points

28 comments12 min readEA link

How would a nuclear war between Russia and the US affect you personally?

Max GörlitzJul 27, 2023, 1:06 PM

13 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Map of maps of interesting fields

Max GörlitzJun 25, 2023, 2:00 PM

55 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

(glozematrix.substack.com)

How much would billionaire philanthropists need to scale up their giving to meet the Giving Pledge in their lifetime?

Max GörlitzMay 7, 2023, 3:32 PM

16 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

FYI there is a German institute studying sociological aspects of existential risk

Max GörlitzFeb 12, 2023, 5:35 PM

77 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

All moral decisions in life are on a heavy-tailed distribution

Max GörlitzJul 4, 2022, 5:09 PM

41 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How do we create a culture of ambition without deteriorating the community’s mental health?

Max GörlitzApr 30, 2022, 7:50 AM

72 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Has anything in the EA global health sphere changed since the critiques of “randomista development” 1-2 years ago?

Max GörlitzDec 2, 2021, 12:14 PM

51 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Meditations on Caring

Max GörlitzNov 29, 2021, 7:12 PM

37 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

[Feedback Request] The compound interest of saving lives

Max GörlitzDec 22, 2020, 1:50 PM

34 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

Max Görlitz’s Quick takes

Max GörlitzDec 4, 2020, 11:02 AM

1 point

19 comments EA link