- Screwworm Free Future

Nice, I remembered when you first posted on the Forum about this: very cool that the project is alive still! If it felt low cost to share, I feel curious about how it's going, but also no pressure :)

I like this as a memorable term for (some variants of) this failure mode. Thanks Toby!

Nice, really appreciate you doing this + sharing both the BLUF and the raw data :)

This feels like an interesting benchmark that other media projects in the community (within and outside of AIS) could extend upon. Thanks!

Really excited to read these essays once they roll in! :)

This is a crosspost from my new Substack Power and Priorities where I’ll be posting about power grabs, AI governance strategy, and prioritization, as well as some more general thoughts on doing useful things. 

I think your link is broken btw. Should be: https://powerandpriorities.substack.com/ 

If you were to write a second book about GCRs, what would you focus on next?

These chapter titles are amazing!

You cover a lot of different topics within the GCR space in your book. Has the reception to any chapter surprised you?

The percentage of EAs earning to give is too low

I'm voting yes because I think more people interested in EA should seriously consider earning to give as a career path, which is much higher absorbency and (IMO) important for the health of our movement.

So I'd be interested in a world where folks learning about EA seriously consider earning to give more, and if they do so I expect the population of people EtG would increase. (I'm also with 80K here that I'd only advocate for more EtG if your job doesn't do direct harm).

I haven't thought hard about whether people currently working in direct impact jobs should switch over to earning to give.

I'd be interested in hearing more career stories of people who have been earning to give for a while!

I'm sorry you have been feeling worn, and am glad you are taking time away!

But on reflection, I think I confused working hard with impact, and many of these projects were not very high value. Even if they were high value, I was probably working too much to be able to think clearly and creatively about them. 

I really relate to this. When I was earning to give as a consultant, I also felt this pull towards "impactful" side projects, and took up a myriad of projects on top of a busy job without really critically thinking about their impact case.

As one of her colleagues, I feel so grateful to work with Kathleen! 💜 She's such a star -- Kathleen, so glad you pivoted to come work with us!