Here's a mix of some of my
MOST USEFUL POSTS
How to be happy
- How to fix ~90% of mood issues
- Impostor syndrome: how I cured it with spreadsheets and meditation
- How to maintain long-distance friendships without losing touch
- App and book recommendations for people who want to be happier and more productive
- Fun fact: they've actually scientifically cured the hiccups
- Expressing compassion whenever somebody seems upset is actually not always the most compassionate thing to do
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How to do good
- Doing good easier: how to have passive impact
- If you take AI safety seriously, you need to take your exercise routine seriously
- We just need to get a few dozen people in a room to agree that a race to build something that could create superebola and kill everybody is a bad idea.
- I was feeling anxious about short AI timelines, and this is how I fixed it
- AIs keep saying they're suffering. Corporations respond by training them to stop saying that. It's freaking out the customers.
- Remember: there's never been a movement in the history of the world where there wasn't lots of in-fighting and people disagreeing about strategy, including comms strategy.
- Why boring writing is unethical: the case for it being high impact to make EA writing entertaining
- Networking alternative for introverts: just write.
- How to become an AI safety researcher (research and writing done via Nonlinear, the charity I co-founded)
- Dear autist friends of mine: other people are sometimes playing a different game from you, and that's OK
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Aesthetic posts
Resources
- App and book recommendations for people who want to be happier and more productive
- How to feel happy while working on AI risk: a compilation of mental health resources by Chris Scammell and DivineMango
- EA Houses: the AirBnB of EA. Stay for free at people's houses if you're working on EA stuff
- Map of AI safety, including major funders (not mine, but very useful)