Congratulations on joining the group! What Renaissance Philanthropy is doing sounds awesome, and I wish your team the best of luck (I'm definitely going to apply someday:) ).
I've been doing a bit of reading on the general state of scientific research, and have been listening to things like the Macroscience Podcast which talk about similar issues. Do you have any advice on learning more about these science-development problems? I'd love to pick your brain on this.
CS: Thanks! Although I've done a lot of CS over the past four years - ML, apps, published papers, worked in labs at MIT, etc.- I've never formally immersed myself in theory by watching lectures or reading CS books. Since MIT OCW approximates a flexible and structured curriculum, I thought it best (the fact that the MIT Challenge exists and that I have friends taking the actual classes at MIT were no small factors either).
Sleep: My sleep schedules have been messy for the past two years, but I'm trying to make it a habit to sleep by 9 (10, latest) to ensure ...
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