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Happiness is a cookie that your brain bakes for itself.
- Joscha Bach
Professional profile: https://cv.martinmilbradt.de/
Anonymous feedback form: https://www.admonymous.co/martin-milbradt
I’d also like to point out that the Effektiv Spenden co-working office (TEAMWORK) is a place where many EAs work and is available for EA meetups and events outside of office hours. The impact of this is difficult to quantify, but potentially significant and not accounted for when looking at donations alone.
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Thank you very much for sharing your insightful and motivating story.
But I’d like to advise to always be wary of survivorship bias. People who burned out are much less likely to write about it than someone who made it.
Parallel to this, I gained the confidence to decline job offers from EA-aligned organisations that I perceived as having less impact, despite their appeal. Some opportunities involved leading teams at EA-aligned startups. However, accepting them would have meant deviating from the top causes on my list. Instead of settling for the next available option, I aimed high, seeking roles that matched exceptionally well with my skills and the cause areas I had on the top of my list.
My 2 cents: Holding is status quo bias. In any situation buying OR selling is better, but you never know which. What you can manage is your risk exposure.
So I’d suggest for people who have significant parts of their wealth in crypto to sell to make sure they can’t get wiped out and for people who are under-invested by their assessment to buy.
An easy heuristic is to think about what proportion of you wealth you want to have in crypto and work towards that. I suggest buying / selling on a schedule or with limit orders to reduce variance.
Why is there no “Science” as default option under “Do you watch YouTube videos on any of these broad topics?”?
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
As you say that we shouldn’t ignore system 1 completely, just because it’s uninformed and unadjusted, we shouldn’t ignore utilitarianism.
I feel utilitarianism works quite well, when we stop and consider when what we’re doing feels off.
Relevant quote by Eliezer (https://twitter.com/esyudkowsky/status/1497157447219232768):
Go three-quarters of the way from deontology to utilitarianism and then stop. You are now in the right place. Stay there at least until you have become a god.
Reminds me of the saying, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.”
Thank you very much for the interesting case study. It not only gives good insight into your method, but also showcases a promising intervention.
Do you know what the current state of it is? Is it being developed further? Is it looking for funding?
I’m confused by “Anti-Malaria Foundation”. Do you mean “Against Malaria Foundation” or is this an organization I’m not aware of?
Some of the links direct to Facebook and then to project for awesome. Can you change them to go to P4A directly?
I disagree. This was only the second time I’ve heard about Torres and it caused me to warn my contacts in Hannover about him who had not heard of him. They have since then come into contact with his writing.