I’d like to make another request for clarification. One of the question asks for our “top three ideas for projects to make the world a better place”. What’s not clear to me is, are these supposed to be projects that don’t already exist? I would assume not, as that wouldn’t make a lot of sense ISTM, but that sort of implicit requirement is common enough I have to ask. Similarly there’s the question of “just what make the world a better place” means; now given who’s asking this I’d assume this is asking for highest EV overall and not making distinctions between introducing positive things and preventing negative things, but again that sort of thing is so common I feel I should ask.
I believe what they’re trying to get at here is “tell us about something you care about beyond yourself”. Evidence of passion, if you will.
I doubt you’ll lose points if they come up with a different expected value for your project than you do, or if the project already exists, or so on.
I prefixed my ideas with “these are some ideas I want to work on”. I listed certifiable programming languages, friendly AI, and improved teaching techniques as my three ideas, and gave a paragraph or two of explanation per idea for why these would make the world a better place.
I’d like to make another request for clarification. One of the question asks for our “top three ideas for projects to make the world a better place”. What’s not clear to me is, are these supposed to be projects that don’t already exist? I would assume not, as that wouldn’t make a lot of sense ISTM, but that sort of implicit requirement is common enough I have to ask. Similarly there’s the question of “just what make the world a better place” means; now given who’s asking this I’d assume this is asking for highest EV overall and not making distinctions between introducing positive things and preventing negative things, but again that sort of thing is so common I feel I should ask.
I believe what they’re trying to get at here is “tell us about something you care about beyond yourself”. Evidence of passion, if you will.
I doubt you’ll lose points if they come up with a different expected value for your project than you do, or if the project already exists, or so on.
I prefixed my ideas with “these are some ideas I want to work on”. I listed certifiable programming languages, friendly AI, and improved teaching techniques as my three ideas, and gave a paragraph or two of explanation per idea for why these would make the world a better place.