While thinking about my own next career steps, I've been writing down some of my thoughts about what's in an impactful career.
In the process, I wrote an introductory report on what seem to me to be practical approaches to problems in catastrophic risks. It's intended to complement the analysis that 80,000 Hours provides by thinking about what general roles we ought to perform, rather than analysing specific careers and jobs, and by focusing specifically on existential risks.
I'm happy to receive feedback on it, positive and negative.
Yep. I guess that it'd be good to include books about recovering civilisation. Maybe also 3D printers, or some other design templates for basic agricultural equipment a la Open Source Ecology
While thinking about my own next career steps, I've been writing down some of my thoughts about what's in an impactful career.
In the process, I wrote an introductory report on what seem to me to be practical approaches to problems in catastrophic risks. It's intended to complement the analysis that 80,000 Hours provides by thinking about what general roles we ought to perform, rather than analysing specific careers and jobs, and by focusing specifically on existential risks.
I'm happy to receive feedback on it, positive and negative.
Here it is: Reducing Catastrophic Risks, A Practical Introduction.