Recently I’ve been in touch with Nick Beckstead from Giving What We Can who had told me at the singularity summit that the org was starting a project to research unconventional (but potentially higher impact) charities including x-risk mitigation. I may be able to help him with that project somehow but right now I’m not quite sure.
I’m also starting a Toronto LW singularity discussion group next week—I don’t know how much interest in optimal philanthropy there is in Toronto, but I’m hoping that I can at least improve my understanding of this particular issue, as well as having a meatspace community who I can rely on to understand/support what I’m trying to do.
This is definitely an above-average week in terms of sensible things done though.
Some more background: I have a long history of not getting much done (except in my paid job) and have been depressed (on and off) since realising that x-risk was such a major issue and that optimal philanthropy was what I really wanted to be doing.
Recently I’ve been in touch with Nick Beckstead from Giving What We Can who had told me at the singularity summit that the org was starting a project to research unconventional (but potentially higher impact) charities including x-risk mitigation. I may be able to help him with that project somehow but right now I’m not quite sure.
I’m also starting a Toronto LW singularity discussion group next week—I don’t know how much interest in optimal philanthropy there is in Toronto, but I’m hoping that I can at least improve my understanding of this particular issue, as well as having a meatspace community who I can rely on to understand/support what I’m trying to do.
This is definitely an above-average week in terms of sensible things done though.
Some more background: I have a long history of not getting much done (except in my paid job) and have been depressed (on and off) since realising that x-risk was such a major issue and that optimal philanthropy was what I really wanted to be doing.