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After a bet with a friend, I’ve written almost every day for the last four years. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that means that a lot of the posts here are not very good, so I hope you can forgive my lack of spell checking. You can also browse by category or browse by series.
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2023 Goals
Update: you can view my progress so far here. It’s the last day of 2022 which means it’s time to reflect on the year past, and set some new goals for 2023!..
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Map and Territory: Fake Beliefs
This post is part of my notes on Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Rationality: A-Z, known as The Sequences... -
Map and Territory: Predictably Wrong
This post is part of my notes on Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Rationality: A-Z, known as The Sequences... -
Reflections following EAG London: Conference Strategy and In/Outgroup Dynamics
Originally posted on the EA forum TL;DR I’d recommend having a strategy for planning your conference Different types of 1:1s are valuable in different ways, and some are more worth preparing for than others It’s natural to feel imposter syndrome and a sense of inadequacy when surrounded by so many highly competent, accomplished people, but arguably the primary purpose of the conference is for those people to help us mere mortals become highly competent and accomplished too (assuming accomplishment = impact) I feel very conflicted about the insider/outsider nature of the EA community, and I’m going to keep thinking and talking about it more Last year I attended EAG SF (but not EAG London 2022), and was newer to the EA community, as well as working for a less prestigious organisation... -
Enacting Equilibrium With Your Extremely Efficient Employer
Sorry, what? I want to be happier at work, but more importantly, you want to be happier at work... -
2023 Goals
Update: you can view my progress so far here. It’s the last day of 2022 which means it’s time to reflect on the year past, and set some new goals for 2023!..
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