📣We start in 12 hours, this time using the video conferencing platform jitsi. See link in the description 😊
Ruth_Seleo
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Hi Alex, thanks for the kind words and thoughtful suggestion!
We actually run online events every other month, and everyone’s welcome to join. I’ll be setting up the next one soon, so I recommend following the Compassionate Future Initiative group page to stay in the loop.
As for the summit, making it hybrid would unfortunately compromise the community atmosphere we’re aiming to create. For more classic conference-style formats, where a safe, close-knit setting is less crucial, we might consider hybrid options in the future.
Hope to see you at one of the events—online or in person. :)
There’s no formal application deadline, but spots are limited and filling up at a considerable pace ;)
Hi @everyone. The meetup went very well today. Thank you everyone for your contributions! Here are the meetup minutes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D5CopGUHOMwXJaHVUcVDuBtaKjWLZ_5np5uFg6-VhaY/edit?tab=t.0
Only 3.5 h left until the next meetup. Looking forward to seeing you there and sharing news and updates
As preparation this time, I encourage people to develop a Suffering Abolitionists Project Prize proposal for e.g. XPRIZE (deadline 05 May 2024)
https://www.xprize.org/designstudio
Questions to answer:
What is the problem you hope to address through this prize competition?
What assumptions or misconceptions prevent innovation in this area?
Describe the specific challenges (political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental) currently slowing and/or preventing progress in this area?
Describe what the winning team must do to win your proposed prize.
Describe the competition format and provide any specific judging criteria. Eg Staged down select, a first to achieve, head to head race, best in class, with or without bonus prices...
What is the duration of your prize competition?
What size prize purse would motivate a team to compete?
What will be the immediate and lasting impacts of running this prize competition?
Propose a name for your prize concept.
Provide a one sentence description that clearly communicates your prize concept.
Upload an image that graphically communicates your prize concept.
Do you know of a company, organization, and/or an individual who would be willing to fund your prize concept?
Note, the XPrize is limited to certain categories:
BIODIVERSITY + CONSERVATION
CLIMATE + ENERGY
DEEP TECH + QUANTUM
FOOD + WATER + WASTE
HEALTH
LEARNING + SOCIETY
SPACE + EXPLORATION
The link for Gather town (our meet up hall) wasn’t updated. I did so now. See as well: https://app.gather.town/app/Yhi4XYj0zFNWuUNv/EA%20coworking%20and%20lounge?spawnToken=6DRLsIP5Gp1C30RP
Sorry, I was way, way off. Oh well. Please just check date converted to your time zone with that link: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Online%20Working%20%2F%20Community%20Meetup%20for%20the%20Abolition%20of%20Suffering&iso=20240406T07&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30 (It only works if your browser has access to your location.)
Hi everyone, again I want to cultivate the habit of using the commenting function (here in the EA Forum, in FB and in Discord) as a motivating accountability tool for sharing what one is working on/ planning to share at the event.
For me, I might talk a little bit about the “Wild Animals in Urban Spaces: How Cities Can Promote Wild Animal Welfare in the Built Environment” talk, and share about my increased engagement in EA Munich and the potentials. Looking forward to seeing you all in about 10,5 hours (if I counted correctly)
We start in 4 hours :)
I’m sorry I messed up the time! We start in 35 min!
Hi everyone,
I will be sharing insights from the IARC2023, where I gave a workshop and attended a bunch of stuff. Looking forward to hearing from everyone again :)
I’m afraid I need to cancel today due to health reasons. Feel free to meet up without me.
Hi there, we will meet in about 8 hours online. Please check out the event description for further information. Looking forward to making some progress on projects and ideas :)
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/163512329953547/
📣 In 12 hours we have our next meetup: 15 October 2022 at 07:00 am **UTC**!
As always, in order for everyone to make the most of the event, please make a commitment to work on a topic of your choice relevant to suffering abolitionism. Our list of initiatives should serve as inspiration. But there is no need to make big commitments. Reading an article is fine too! Note: The more precise you are with what you choose to commit to, the more committed you will feel to actually do it. Even better if you share what you committed yourself to. E.g. as a comment here.
As inspiration for cause areas to work on, check out the following mind maps:
Abolition of suffering: cause areas and interventions: https://suffering-abolition.github.io/mechanisms-and-causes-of-suffering/
Finding your niche of engagement—from first steps to career forming: https://suffering-abolition.github.io/intervention-mindmap-against-suffering/
Excited to talk to you soon! 😊
As always, in order for everyone to make the most of the event, please make a commitment to work on a topic of your choice relevant to suffering abolitionism. Our list of initiatives should serve as inspiration. But there is no need to make big commitments. Reading an article is fine too! Note: The more precise you are with what you choose to commit to, the more committed you will feel to actually do it. Even better if you share what you committed yourself to. E.g. as a comment here.
As inspiration for cause areas to work on, check out the following mind maps:
Excited to talk to you soon!
Only two days left until the next meetup :D
I am also planning to attend EAGxBerlin (16 − 18 September), EAGxVirtual (21 − 23 October) and EAGxRotterdam (4 − 6 November). See https://www.eaglobal.org/.
We hope to organize suffering abolitionist lightning talks and meetups during these events.
Let us know whether you plan to attend and are interested to meetup, or whether you know of other conferences and events that we should attend to advocate for Suffering Abolitionism.
Hi @ everyone. Just wanting to share that I just booked for myself „LUXORY“ room with 6⁄7 beds mixed – FLEX (no breakfast as I am vegan) at the Grand Hostel Berlin, Tempelhofer Ufer 14. (I paid about 25€ / night)
I highly encourage other EAs, particularly people interested in suffering abolitionism/ suffering focused ethics to book there as well to increase networking benefits. ;)Also, a messenger group could be nice for networking. Should I start one? Would Telegram work for everyone?
In 15 min we meet in EAGT.
Get yourself something to drink and make yourself comfortable for the next Working / Community Meetup :)
Access: https://app.gather.town/app/Yhi4XYj0zFNWuUNv/EA%20coworking%20and%20lounge
Here is the respective forum post to the upcoming talk: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/5Yh3hqhXSpCQcLLF2/compassionate-genomics-for-the-21st-century-genomic-welfare