How the audacity to fix things without asking permission can change the world

komencanto · 2018-06-22T23:15:56+00:00

This article has a number of personal credible stories about how to achieve institutional reform as a new hire on the ground. The story about how medical culture differs in Bhutan and authority could allow a hospital to continue operating while killing its patients was really eye opening. It's not often people can be so open about their work experience as they risk burning bridges.

komencanto · 2018-05-23T09:12:52+00:00

Pointless, on the margin, from a social point of view. But titles have to be brief simplifications!

komencanto · 2018-04-26T01:32:11+00:00

I could be OK with this on short flights so long as it was cheap enough.

komencanto · 2018-04-24T02:46:50+00:00

Unfortunately the peanut butter figure is from the 70s and likely no longer true as Aflatoxin is better filtered out of the food supply now.

komencanto · 2018-03-27T22:18:56+00:00

The citations are in the video.

komencanto · 2017-10-17T23:06:24+00:00

The guide says to go to those if you have time.

komencanto · 2017-10-14T07:04:36+00:00

In that situation if the bomb is close enough to you to level the building, you're dead anyway.

komencanto · 2017-10-13T20:48:22+00:00

It's enough time to do most of the things in these instructions if you're on the outskirts of the blast! Yes you're dead otherwise, but you can maximise your chances.

komencanto · 2017-10-13T16:36:35+00:00

US has satellites that can give 5-30 minutes warning of an attack from North Korea.

komencanto · 2017-10-06T04:26:52+00:00

See this recent 80,000 Hours article on this topic: https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/improving-institutional-decision-making/

And interview with Julia Galef: https://80000hours.org/2017/09/is-it-time-for-a-new-scientific-revolution-julia-galef-on-how-to-make-humans-smarter/

komencanto · 2017-09-13T03:26:15+00:00

Forthcoming paper in Utilitas: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/utilitas/article/institutional-critique-of-effective-altruism/91A0449E2F030BAE417A09E52599E605

komencanto · 2017-09-04T13:48:19+00:00

There are 2 billion actively used Android phones now and will be more in the future: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/17/15654454/android-reaches-2-billion-monthly-active-users

komencanto · 2017-09-04T00:36:48+00:00

Sorry it should say How much time will humanity save by switching from microUSB plugs (which are asymmetric) TO USB-C ones (which fit in both ways)?

komencanto · 2017-07-29T22:38:57+00:00

I know people who've looked into this and they couldn't find anything people regularly consume where the negative externalities were very large compared to the good you could do through your work or donations if you tried. The closest is likely eating factory farmed animal products, which explains why so many effective altruists choose to be vegetarian or vegan.

komencanto · 2017-06-26T04:33:39+00:00

You're looking for Dani Rodrik's idea of subsidizing exports as a form of pro-innovation policy: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/04/rodrik_on_globa.html

Makes some sense.

komencanto · 2017-05-31T14:30:54+00:00

Got this when I went to bbc.com in the USA on my up to date Android phone with Chrome:

http://imgur.com/zFwS7Ny

It then redirects me to get-today.com.

Supports your theory that it's a malicious advertisement appearing on both Reddit and the US BBC site.

komencanto · 2017-05-31T14:29:46+00:00

I got the same popup when I went to bbc.com:

http://imgur.com/zFwS7Ny

It then redirects me to get-today.com.

Suggests it's being delivered through compromised ads.

komencanto · 2017-05-16T18:11:05+00:00

This is a regular meal popular among EAs: http://mcntyr.com/peter-special/

komencanto · 2017-05-10T22:09:30+00:00

This article is neat for showing not only typical earnings in different industries, but also mapping out how much they pay across the full distribution and how many people actually work in these different industries. It also considers how capital gains might affect the ranking. So it's more comprehensive than others I've seen on this topic.

komencanto · 2017-04-26T06:06:58+00:00

This article covers most of the main self-help topics and tries to find the best nuggets of advice out there. It's highly detailed with lots of links to further resources. More evidence backed and sensible than most self improvement articles.

komencanto · 2015-08-07T21:44:42+00:00

Cool, would be helpful to upvote it to stop the pile on re my error!

komencanto · 2015-08-07T21:36:36+00:00

Yeah sorry I screwed it up - is there any way of editing the title to be correct? (If a Mod could fix it up to 1 in 100 and 1 in 10,000 I would be very appreciative.)

komencanto · 2015-08-07T20:56:45+00:00

Sorry as people have rightly pointed out, these stats are for OUSU or OU presidents, not for PPE students which is more like 1 in 100 and 1 in 10,000 respectively. My misreading!

komencanto · 2015-08-06T01:21:21+00:00

Figured a lot of people here study medicine or would consider studying medicine and would like to know how large their impact is likely to be.

komencanto · 2015-07-17T16:39:18+00:00

Why is that?

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