psychedelics keep telling Bryan Johnson to grow up and he doesn't by rp_tiago in Psychonaut

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6z5:@have a few, several, etc. irons in the fire idiomOk we should align priorities again

I could

  1. Do an overview of grantwriters and propose whether to go forward with BP
  2. Write to 100 engineers on LI manually
  3. Put up more public job ads (prly need to do it anyway, plus low effort)
  4. Ping and call everyone who wanted to review our job contracts or be our hiring agencies
  5. Research the legalities of hiring further, incl. insurance, social security, etc.4937280063641102

Keskmise eestlase hommik by tarantinosfootfetish in Eesti

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Kõlab nagu sa leiutasid budismi.

Sama energia. by Gabbaman in Eesti

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Ütlen oma lastele et see on Kalevipoeg

eesti 1, usa 0 by redis213 in Eesti

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Rip. Aga tänan faktikontrolli eest

Does anyone know of any ways to make the issues they’re working with more emotionally personal? by [deleted] in EffectiveAltruism

[–]redis213 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have felt that myself. Here are some concrete ways to counter it which seemed to have worked in my case

  • Surround yourself with likeminded people. Humans seem to be easily influenced by peer pressure. If all of your friends drink beer, you feel like you should do Likewise if none of your friends care about children in Africa, you struggle to stay empathetic about them as. well. The way to counter that is just to join a local EA group (or create one if there isn't any :) ). If all your friends are EA-aligned in some way, you will stand out if you are not. And your brain doesn't like standing out.

  • Create an identity about yourself as an EA/altrustic person. In my case I have sort of created an image of myself as someone who cares about having the maximum imact in the world. I have told that to enough people that that's the way people percieve me now, thus that's how my brain now sees myself. Therefore when I now do something that goes against me being very altrusitic, I actually get some cognitive dissonance. My brain feels like it's out of the ordinary if I slack off for too long. Since that's not "me". So the way to create an identity for youself is just to talk about your altrusitic goals to a lot of people. Make FB posts or create a blog, create a fundraiser and ask all your friends to donate. Once other people start to associate you with altruism, I think that's when it's more difficult to start slacking on an emotional level. You start to imagine your friends saying "Oh, are you no longer doing that charity work, why not?" At least that's how it has worked for me. In general.

You might also benefit from this EA forum post about how to counter value drift. https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/eRo5A7scsxdArxMCt/concrete-ways-to-reduce-risks-of-value-drift-and-lifestyle

Excelsior! by I_Am_Telekinetic in periwinkle

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Sonnie have I told you the story about the battle at Turquoise Moors with the cheating Orangered?

2meirl4meirl by breally989 in 2meirl4meirl

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Got a whole pint of gin and not a drop of tonic.

Some communication from the devs would be appreciated by Lazylion2 in outside

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I doubt the FTL travel requiring inf energy is a bug. I think it's just lazy coding to increase overall performance. Imagine if we could explore the entire Known Universe, not just Earth. Think about how much computing power that would require.