I’m in favor of you becoming an FAI researcher, possibly independent of SI, because you’ve done a decent job of disagreeing with them in the past and you seem to have relevant interests and aptitudes.
Obviously you’ll have to support yourself or get someone to fund you. Getting a high income career, living frugally, and quitting after a while to do research full-time could be an interesting idea. One possibility would be to take periodic years-long “research vacations” in parts of the world with lower cost-of-living. You could buy some dogs for guaranteed companionship. Note: these are wild ideas; I have no idea if they would actually work.
The Republic of Georgia has the most lax visa laws (if you’re from a developed country) of any country I looked at. You can basically stay in the country an entire year without any sort of visa, if I recall correctly. And they have a program for English teachers where they will pay for your plane ticket in and out of the country, give you housing and a stipend, etc.
I’m in favor of you becoming an FAI researcher, possibly independent of SI, because you’ve done a decent job of disagreeing with them in the past and you seem to have relevant interests and aptitudes.
Obviously you’ll have to support yourself or get someone to fund you. Getting a high income career, living frugally, and quitting after a while to do research full-time could be an interesting idea. One possibility would be to take periodic years-long “research vacations” in parts of the world with lower cost-of-living. You could buy some dogs for guaranteed companionship. Note: these are wild ideas; I have no idea if they would actually work.
The Republic of Georgia has the most lax visa laws (if you’re from a developed country) of any country I looked at. You can basically stay in the country an entire year without any sort of visa, if I recall correctly. And they have a program for English teachers where they will pay for your plane ticket in and out of the country, give you housing and a stipend, etc.
http://www.footprintsrecruiting.com/teaching-in-georgia