wiz

• wiz 24 Sep 2022 2:28 UTC

  −28 points

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  in reply to: Amy Labenz’s comment on: My Per­sonal Story of Re­jec­tion from EA Global

  Understandably not comfortable sharing why Constance was rejected yet seemingly not at all uncomfortable with calling her a liar anyway.

• wiz 22 May 2022 2:21 UTC

  21 points

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  on: Are you re­ally in a race? The Cau­tion­ary Tales of Szilárd and Ellsberg

  Great article. At least the Manhattan scientists weren’t working on the bomb because of the difficulty getting jobs in arms control...

• wiz 27 Aug 2019 23:26 UTC

  1 point

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  in reply to: WilliamKiely’s comment on: How do you, per­son­ally, ex­pe­rience “EA mo­ti­va­tion”?

  I’ll take a look, thanks.

• wiz 19 Aug 2019 18:59 UTC

  8 points

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  on: How do you, per­son­ally, ex­pe­rience “EA mo­ti­va­tion”?

  I’m not sure this is a “good” answer but I think I’m mainly motivated by a sense of guilt for the harm I am personally failing to mitigate, which is an unthinkable amount. For me, acting effectively is mostly about mitigating my own level of moral delinquency.