Epistemic Status: Reference post. Strong beliefs strongly held after much thought, but hard to explain well. Intentionally abstract. Disambiguation: This does not refer to any physical good, app or…| Don't Worry About the Vase
I hang out around a lot of effective altruists. Many of them are motivated primarily by something like guilt (for having great resource and opportunity while others suffer) or shame (for not helping enough). Hell, many of my non-EA friends are primarily motivated by guilt or shame. I'm not going| Minding our way
be as specific as possible. “agi takeoff fast”: define “agi” “takeoff” “fast” there’s no such thing as a coincidence for decisions: autoresolve (1) on specific date (2) to the scary one let people tell you no. don’t make the decision for them. if you’re ever confused about what to do, just do the right thing expectation of progress towards a goal is key to motivation. we are not motivated if we don’t know next step. we are …| Alexey Guzey
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