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Ouch, nasty, damn.
Well, good for you for, well, choosing to live!
I think I'll also second whpearson's suggestion for early on getting a bit of practice/use with the tools you may need later on, so that when you really need them, won't be as big of an issue.
Actually, for what it's worth... you know what? I think I ought finally do a bit more than just offering good wishes. I think I'll treat this as the last bit of "excuse" I need, recalibrate my sense of scale of the problems (or at least remind me of it) by treating this as a base to multiply by and, well... I'm going to deliberately take Eliezer's "evil joke" from yesterday with regards to to the bystander effect (pointing and saying "you. save the world") seriously and personally and I respond with "I accept."
I hope to see an email in my inbox with details shortly.
And sent.
Soon as I figure details out. (Which, actually, partly involves me waiting on a response from someone else.)
Actually, no, before that.
Having made my decision, that doesn't automatically cause a ray of light to shine, revealing the optimal (or even reasonably good subotimal way) to act on it. :) (The universe just isn't that convenient. Actually, a universe that convenient and nice would probably be the kind of place that didn't have as much existential risk for us in the first place.)
There we go, just found your email address. You'll indeed see a message from me shortly.