The high rate of growth means that at any given moment, most people in the field are new. If you’ve been seriously investigating the alignment problem for 1-2 years, you meet the prerequisites for understanding.
The entrepreneurial mindset is not as common, but all it requires is cultivating a sense of urgency and embedded agency. And in my experience, the responsibility thrust upon your shoulders when you have people relying upon you for advice and care is deeply meaningful and sobering. Supporting and collaborating with others gives you a sense of focus and purpose that sharpens your thinking and accelerates your actions.
In the early days, you may have nothing to offer but guidance. But guidance is all that we can ever give. Even the most junior people I met at MATS were very capable… a small nudge is all that’s needed to help them succeed.
The high rate of growth means that at any given moment, most people in the field are new. If you’ve been seriously investigating the alignment problem for 1-2 years, you meet the prerequisites for understanding.
The entrepreneurial mindset is not as common, but all it requires is cultivating a sense of urgency and embedded agency. And in my experience, the responsibility thrust upon your shoulders when you have people relying upon you for advice and care is deeply meaningful and sobering. Supporting and collaborating with others gives you a sense of focus and purpose that sharpens your thinking and accelerates your actions.
In the early days, you may have nothing to offer but guidance. But guidance is all that we can ever give. Even the most junior people I met at MATS were very capable… a small nudge is all that’s needed to help them succeed.