A reflection on the asymmetric information problem as it relates to my own COVID-19 vaccination in January. The first thing I’ve ever posted to LessWrong—I hope you enjoy it and welcome all feedback!
In which I describe the impossibility of giving advice to anyone for particularly complex life questions
In which I present a hypothesis for why already having experience in a field is a much larger competitive advantage than people often think.
This is a beginner-friendly crypto explainer that I've published and shared with some friends and family. I'd be interested in any feedback from LW!
A reflection on the asymmetric information problem as it relates to my own COVID-19 vaccination in January. The first thing I’ve ever posted to LessWrong—I hope you enjoy it and welcome all feedback!
In which I describe the impossibility of giving advice to anyone for particularly complex life questions
From the opposite perspective, if you are a community that wants something done, you should find out how to make that a paid job for someone. Because if you do, then you will have a person who gets 8 hours of experience every day. If you don't... expect low quality, because people will only work on it for a short time once in a while, and even that only after they get home tired from the job that pays their bills.
Really good point here, and I wish I said this explicitly in the piece. It seems tremendously important for society to allow people to specialize by paying them to do things. I... (read more)
I have very little doubt that this is illegal at least in the US, as it would most likely be considered some sort of employment fraud, but what's funny about this idea is that I think it would've suited me just fine and accelerated my career. Hell, who knows if I would've needed to go to college all that much if I had this arrangement!
I enjoy your idea!
In which I present a hypothesis for why already having experience in a field is a much larger competitive advantage than people often think.
This is a beginner-friendly crypto explainer that I've published and shared with some friends and family. I'd be interested in any feedback from LW!
A reflection on the asymmetric information problem as it relates to my own COVID-19 vaccination in January.
The first thing I’ve ever posted to LessWrong—I hope you enjoy it and welcome all feedback!