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Subtitle: On vegan advocacy, effective altruism, and FIFA
I turn 40 today. Here are some hot takes.
On factory farming
1. Our biggest challenge is salience. If factory farming led the evening news, it wouldn’t last lo...
Impressions from the 21st Annual U.S. Cluster Headache Patient Conference, organized by Clusterbusters.
On the morning of the last day of the conference, E. was hanging out with other “clusterheads” outside the conference hotel when he started having a cluster headache attack. Before he could go back to his hotel room, J. offered E. his DMT v...
TL;DR:
The movement has an evidence problem. To solve it, for each intervention we need to know:
* What types of evidence that intervention needs
* What types of evidence different sources can give us
In this post, we outline a framework for evidencing an intervention through five stages:
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Has anyone considered the implications of a Reform UK government?
It would be greatly appreciated if someone with the relevant experience or knowledge could share their thoughts on this topic.
I know this hypothetical issue might not warrant much attention when compared to today's most pressing problems, but with poll after poll suggesting Reform UK will win the next election, it seems as if their potential impact should be analysed. I cannot see any mention of Reform UK on this forum.
Some concerns from their manifesto:
Many thanks
I would also be curious about the effects on AI safety, e.g. any chance the AISI might get DOGEd?
IIUC, polls this far out from an election aren't generally trustworthy, so I don't currently think it's particularly likely they'll win.