Hmm. I think I’m probably stuck in a fairly deepl local minima of good-wellbeing. It’s not super obvious that any direction is easier to climb out of. I have a good, well paying software developer job that’s not value-aligned; if things continue on projection for the next 2 − 10 years, at some point I’ll cross a threshold where I have enough saved to make a serious attempt to pivot to value-aligned EA work for the remainder of my career. In the mean time, I feel quite scattered, trying to figure out what to do with my modest amounts of free time outside of work hours; for several months this year I was self-studying math to do capacity building; currently I’m trying to learn finance/investing.
When I try to choose between any of the plethora of options I could put time towards, they all just feel sort of “flat” and difficult to differentiate. I think this is also tied up with often finding it hard to be strategic when I settle down infront of my computer—a sense of brain fog often settles in.
tl;dr: I think in some sense organization is my hamming problem
When I try to choose between any of the plethora of options I could put time towards, they all just feel sort of “flat” and difficult to differentiate. I think this is also tied up with often finding it hard to be strategic when I settle down infront of my computer—a sense of brain fog often settles in.
tl;dr: I think in some sense organization is my hamming problem
Any chance you’d be interested in a small “feel it out” collaboration on my project for studying how to study? It sounds like you’re studying, and also trying to decide what to study, both of which are directly relevant questions that I’m exploring.
By “studying how to study,” I specifically mean acquiring knowledge from existing texts, rather than doing original research. It also means examining when and whether such scholarship is actually useful, as opposed to a form of academic make-work or pricey signaling mechanism.
If you are interested, let me know and we can do a chat to discuss!
Hmm. I think I’m probably stuck in a fairly deepl local minima of good-wellbeing. It’s not super obvious that any direction is easier to climb out of. I have a good, well paying software developer job that’s not value-aligned; if things continue on projection for the next 2 − 10 years, at some point I’ll cross a threshold where I have enough saved to make a serious attempt to pivot to value-aligned EA work for the remainder of my career. In the mean time, I feel quite scattered, trying to figure out what to do with my modest amounts of free time outside of work hours; for several months this year I was self-studying math to do capacity building; currently I’m trying to learn finance/investing.
When I try to choose between any of the plethora of options I could put time towards, they all just feel sort of “flat” and difficult to differentiate. I think this is also tied up with often finding it hard to be strategic when I settle down infront of my computer—a sense of brain fog often settles in.
tl;dr: I think in some sense organization is my hamming problem
Any chance you’d be interested in a small “feel it out” collaboration on my project for studying how to study? It sounds like you’re studying, and also trying to decide what to study, both of which are directly relevant questions that I’m exploring.
By “studying how to study,” I specifically mean acquiring knowledge from existing texts, rather than doing original research. It also means examining when and whether such scholarship is actually useful, as opposed to a form of academic make-work or pricey signaling mechanism.
If you are interested, let me know and we can do a chat to discuss!
For sure, that would be fun : )
Great, do you have time this week for a ~30 minute chat? :)
Probably! Do you use calendarly or something similar? Which timezone are you in?