I'm looking for a good functional medicine doctor in San Francisco. If you have anyone to recommend, could you email me daveey [at] gmail? Much appreciated!
Unix sydadmin / programmer / person who can work on other people's perl code / welder / machinist / general fabrication / mechanic / former EMT / commercial truck driver (yeah, it's an eclectic list) currently based in Albuquerque and willing to relocate to Dallas. (Or work remotely, of course, but my goal is to live in one place.) If that sounds like something that your company could use, drop an email to sandro (dot) rettinger [at] protonmail dotcom asking for a copy of my resume and I'll get you one.
I'm a college student working on a startup 3D printing hydroponic towers. Trying to scale, outsourcing experience and wisdom is hard. Words of advice/inquiries: sechernbiw3000@protonmail.com
I'm working on an analog synthesizer and would love to partner up with someone to design and sell affordable analog audio gear. Harass me at greg dot lorincz 79 at gmail.
Check out my blog for misc. musings on various meta-issues, including good, evil, and how to live a good life. Sometimes, begrudgingly, I touch base with the real world and give some Takes.
I'm the CTO of Coral (owncoral.com) and seeking talented software engineers and UX designers. Our mission is to democratize real estate investing, making it simple for anyone to own a share of a rental property. Coral insulates you from hassle and complexity—you just collect the rent check.
Do you have a passion for real estate, design, or application development? If so, you would make a great teammate. We're fully remote and (rather unusually for a startup) already profitable.
I blog some thoughts I have about libertarianism, anthropics, AI alignment, computation, culture, and other rationalist-adjacent things that interest me at <https://carado.moe/>.
Topics include
• What does wolfram physics imply for long-term ethics and AI alignment
• What axiomatic values can be behind liking art
• Should we keep a paperclip AI ready to fire in case a timeline looks like it's headed for S-risks
• How can we combat intellectual property law
• Why is unicode oppresive by nature of being centralized
I'd hope and expect many amongst the ACT cabal to be interested in the decades worth of material, mostly in interactive PDF eBook formats, up on our primary website... <https://cultivateunderstanding.com> devoted to archiving, interpreting, and conserving ecological and cultural assets (primarily in South and Southeast Asia)... with your critical feedback most appreciated.
I've been working on a series of short stories and one short novel, all set at various points up and down the next thousand years or so of a future history. I suspect that ACX readers would find them interesting, and many of my ideas were inspired by things I first found out about here. If out-there high-concept sci fi is your thing, I'd suggest Seeker (https://ascentuniverse.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/seeker/), and if you want something more straightforward that introduces the world, there's Threshold (https://ascentuniverse.wordpress.com/2021/02/12/threshold/). My longest piece, Ascent, starts here (https://ascentuniverse.wordpress.com/)
I have published three novels, all available on Amazon in print and kindle. One complaint I get about them is that the characters are too rational, so rationalists might enjoy them. _Harald_ is also available as an audiobook read by me (on Audible and, less conveniently but free, on my web page), and _Salamander_ is available on Audible read by someone else, I think very well. The first and second are unrelated, _Brothers_, the third, is a sequel to _Salamander_.
It would be helpful of a classified thread had some internal structure, so that one could find the things one was interested in without going through lots of other stuff. The simplest way would be for Scott start with a series of posts, each a category: "Employment Opportunities," "Mate Search," ... Then posters could make their posts responses to the appropriate category post.
I'm a mid-20's rational-ish male software dev and in all respects probably pretty typical SSC-er, looking for housing in the SF Bay area (ideally east bay). If you're looking for a roommate, whether you have a place already or not, I can be reached at rot13 ubhfvat@nagbacndh.va
I have a DeviantArt page (https://www.deviantart.com/concavenator/gallery) where I sometimes post artwork and short stories mostly concerning life on other worlds, in the deep past and far future, and in alternate universes. The most popular single post seems to be my Gods of Salt (https://tinyurl.com/zr9dhzps), which is about a hypothetical version of the origin of our species involving elephants and the drying of the Mediterranean.
Sometimes I also draw real-science infographics (https://tinyurl.com/63kjeser), the one of which I'm proudest being a summary of human evolution from the origin of life.
Thought it might be interesting to some people around here -- I did meet a couple last time :)
I'm ex-Coinbase and started a crypto company Goldfinch (https://goldfinch.finance/). Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, we're bringing crypto to the real world by connecting crypto capital with fintechs throughout the world (starting with emerging markets). We're hiring! If you are a software engineer, ops, or credit person, check out our jobs at careers.goldfinch.finance . We'd love to chat!
We are mere mortals so it takes seven of us to get near the quantity of posts that Tyler and Alex do; I'll let you judge the quality. Several of us were students of theirs, and the blog recently won an Emergent Ventures prize. Recent posts have covered Covid, beer prices, and more and less successful ways to pay employees with things other than money.
I’m a financial advisor and I work on a 4 person team managing investments (~ half a billion dollars) for high net worth families. If you are thinking about a major financial move, just inherited some money, sold a business, are approaching retirement, or just have questions about investing or money issues, I’m available to talk. Focused on tech, ESG, impact investing, effective altruism and philanthropy. I will develop a basic financial plan with no fees or strings attached for SSC community members. We get paid around 1% a year on assets we manage if you bring in an account.
I'm looking for a job in the broader DC/Baltimore area, starting as soon as you need me--it could be something as basic as an administrative assistantship, but I need something that will put food on the table. My BA is in a humanities subject (Classical Languages and Linguistics, with a Russian minor), but I have a good head for numbers (perfect score on the math SAT back in 2012) and was poached to a big state school in the Midwest as a National Merit Scholar. I speak proficient (B2-C1) German and Portuguese and passable but improving Russian (B1); I can also read French, Spanish, Latin and Greek. I can code Python to a scripting level, but I think this is improvable (I recently got on ADHD medication for the first time since high school and it's improved things a *lot*.) I write quickly in a concise and elegant manner and have some experience teaching English abroad, so my customer service skills are not lacking.
If you think you might have a generic white-collar opening in the area for me, feel free to drop me a line at eateriesofub@gmail.com (that's my throwaway email; I'll respond from my real-name one.)
Do you enjoy recreational programming challenges? Check out Code Golf, https://codegolf.codidact.com, one of the communities on the Codidact network. Codidact is a community-driven, open-source project; our motto is "by the community, for the community". We're taking what we've learned from years of participation on other platforms and trying to build the next great thing. Or ok, the next good thing. I wrote about our goals in this blog post: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276296 .
We've got communities on other topics too, from software development to religion to cooking to math. We -- our communities and our network -- are small but aspiring to grow. The development team, too, is small but growing. We welcome and appreciate any help, from new community members to new communities to people interested in helping to build things. Most of us came from a place that put profits above people, and we don't want to be like that, so we're non-profit, open-source, community-driven.
There are links to all our communities and to our GitHub repo at https://codidact.org.
If you want to follow news about effective altruism on Twitter, there is a bot that regularly tweets new top posts from the EA Forum (twitter.com/EAForumPosts) and another one that (re-)tweets high-impact job offers (twitter.com/effective_jobs) relevant to the EA community
I write a webfiction called Headcase about a psychic superhero doing entertaining superhero things. Give it a look if you want. Or don't. It's all up to you, of course. There's no pressure.
I'm also a decent artist who sometimes takes commissions. You can check out my twitter and let me know how I'm doing at this whole creative polymath thing. I really should take up music to round it out, I know, but the earlier parts of the learning curve are always the most boring.
And finally if you just want to chat, my discord ID is Shaeor#7214 and my interests are biologism, spirituality, and often moreover the unholy mixture of the two. I am single and ready to mingle if you happen to be female. 21, 6'4, 145 IQ, into fitness, but with only mediocre prospects. IE: prime rib.
Do you like giving advice? I want to know what you think about how I can do the most good in the world. I have experience in communications; am interested in data science, public policy, sociology, and linguistics; am starting college this fall and majoring in math. What projects, job opportunities, and areas of study should I prioritize?
I write weird fiction action-adventure RPG adventures, weird fiction action-adventure stories, and am in the process of writing a weird fiction action-adventure poem (that doubles as an RPG adventure)
I suspect that this is because the science that I write about - superforecasting and memetics - is inherently political. There is nothing in my Reddit account that violates the terms of service - I do not advocate for violate, nor do I use any slurs - so the only possible reason for my shadowbanning is my political views. You are welcome to look through my profile yourselves to confirm this: https://www.reddit.com/user/SocratesScissors
I am looking for somebody based out of Florida who would be willing to occasionally post links to my blog posts to a few subs. The reason I need them to be based out of Florida is because of robust free speech protections that fine social media companies $100k per day if they ban somebody from posting based on their political views. I want to make it very expensive for social media companies to silence people simply because they disagree with their opinions.
Promoting two groups that do counter-racialization work for the workplace:
Chloe Valdary (@cvaldary) runs Theory of Enchantment, which does workplace training that is aimed at inclusion and not grievance. https://theoryofenchantment.com/
Counterweight (@counter_weight_) offers counseling & scripts for people facing CRT-supported bias in the workplace.
Another workplace culture program, not just aimed at identity-focused issues, is Arbinger. https://arbinger.com/ Aimed at breaking down interpersonal barriers, and seeing strengths of other people while tackling your own challenges.
We are a brand new erotic literature platform - specifically for women by women. We're launching with an erotic literature writing competition with a cash prize of £100 for the winner. Our content is very short form - most of our stories are only a few pages. Check us out at https://tellingeros.com/
If you and your partner have an issue that might need help from a third person to figure out, I can offer to be that third person. I'm just a rando on the internet so my comparative advantage is with shameful shit that you can't discuss with friends.
My qualifications are that I've been happily married for seven years to a couples therapist, lots of friends like to turn to me for relationship advice, I speak fluent SSCish and I do it for free so I don't even need to know your names. My condition is that I need to spak to both of you at the same time - no venting about your partner while s/he isn't there.
If you want to have a call (video optional), email me at ritmag@gmail.com with "SSC Classifieds Offer" in the email title, before August 17.
I want to start a service for the self-employed, 1099, etc, that does two things. A) Invests your earnings in low-risk stuff to claw back a couple percent before the quarterly taxes kick in and B) Does this "behind the scenes", and just pays you monthly or biweekly as if you were W-2. Then helps with your taxes for you at the end of the year.
I am looking for an accountant to kick around some ideas with and potentially collaborate with. Please message me at derek@fulton.consulting.
Long time lurker (started reading SSC when Tyler Cowen linked a post years ago), first time poster.
I'm a process (chemical) engineer with twenty years of experience (mostly in natural gas processing, but looking to diversify) who is looking for work. Currently based in Calgary, Alberta, but will relocate as necessary.
Send an e-mail to jmvarty@hotmail.com if you would like to take a look at my resume.
I'm building a no-code builder for blockchain apps (on Ethereum) https://buildship.dev. The vision is that web3.js + solidity is quite complicated even for and we need to aggressively push down the entry barrier into *building* on blockchain.
Now I have a set of developer tools that helps with development and deployment of any blockchain app (still in private) and a plugin for publishing your own NFT collection on your website
I also have a small Telegram group, not very active right now, but if you have questions, you can ask them here: https://t.me/buildship
Basically remote members can move their audio around the room itself, so they'll have a better vocal presence instead of everyone being squashed behind a TV.
And also, they can talk at the same time and have different conversations with people.
It's not out yet to the public though because we still have to fine tune the architecture/audio but you can sign up for a quick demo.
Our early adopters are intellectual, creative, or entrepreneurial children who are unhappy with a conventional schooling experience. At the secondary level, our program includes two hours of conversation, one of which is more informal and focused on personal growth issues (How do we learn from our mistakes? How do we deal with annoying people? How do we think about what we want to do in life?) and another hour that is based on mostly classic texts from diverse world cultures along with some contemporary texts (our faculty is reading and discussing a chapter from Henrich's "The Secret of Our Success" tomorrow).
Students enjoy our Socratic discussions so much that they asked us to continue them over the summer. I've had students create their own groups on evenings and weekends. It turns out that discussing ideas (and reading idea-rich texts to do so) is an enjoyable activity if one is enculturated in the right way and the participants are mutually respectful. I literally wrote the book on enculturating students to discuss ideas constructively,
(available more cheaply from me than through Amazon)
Writing is based on the arguments students become engaged in during Socratics, with no teacher-assigned prompts but an overall orientation towards learning to organize one's thoughts, typically in essay format.
Math is largely self-paced using adaptive software and small coaching groups so that students can advance at their own pace, with mathematically capable students encouraged to go as fast as they can. The adaptive software days alternate with problem solving days using diverse resources, including group math competition problem sets with problem solving strategies discussed as a group so that students develop a much broader repertoire of problem solving techniques.
We straddle the boundary between "school" and "self-directed learning." Students opt in to almost everything. We offer both accredited and unaccredited high school options so that those who want grades and standard credits can get them and those that don't want them are not obliged to do so. This means that courses do not include students who hate being there. Our admissions process filters for students who want to take greater ownership over their own education. Because everything is so personalized, we can accommodate a very wide range of learners. Parents and students who want traditional structures and traditional teaching should run away.
The daily Socratic discussions on difficult texts lead to higher than average SAT verbal gains. We provide optional SAT administrations in high school using free Khan Academy practice tests three times per year starting in grade 9, so that students who are working towards selective college admissions have plenty of time to crank up their scores if they choose to do so. Because we tend to attract creatives and humanists (80%) more than STEM geeks, often they find that their verbal scores are much higher than their math scores - and then they decide to work hard to crank up their math scores.
Although we offer some cool science courses internally ("The science of video games," taught by a math ABD, "Self Optimization" based in part on the Quantified Self movement) we also support students in taking courses from the immense world of MOOCS and other virtual providers. Likewise with history, foreign language, etc.
All students are expected to be working on projects based on their interests. In middle school, the projects are modest and simply fun for students to do and share with their peers. By senior year, however, they are expected to do substantial real world projects. Stossel did a good video showing some of the projects at one of my pre-COVID bricks-and-morter schools,
The weekly mentoring sessions are often focused on helping students develop more substantial projects over time. This is a long, slow process. Cal Newport's perspective on how to get into Stanford with Bs on your transcript, based on the psychology of impressiveness, is very similar to how I think of great projects and college admissions,
The program is based on my thirty-five years in education starting with Mortimer Adler's Paideia project, moving on through Montessori education (including founding the high school model for the largest Montessori chain in the US), creating a school for highly gifted children at which middle school students passed AP exams, and creating a charter school in Angel Fire, NM, that was ranked the 36th best public high school in the U.S. on Newsweek's Challenge Index.
More on my background and perspective here (somewhat dated),
In addition to students from like minded families. I'm also raising more capital from aligned investors. Ping me at michael@socraticexperience.com if you have a child who may be a good fit or if you are interested in partnering as an investor.
I am a self-taught novice data scientist with a sideline in machine learning. I'm about at the level where I can put together crude computer vision systems. I will take on small-scale, interesting projects for free; all I ask for is the right to use those projects as part of my portfolio when I look for a new job.
I made and sell a debating card game on the side, to have (usually entertainingly ridiculous) discussions with assorted fallacies, biases and shoddy reasoning - currently available in German only, though the English version is ready for production and I'm only stalling because I don't want to use Amazon for distribution (suggestions for this are welcome).
(this thread comes at the inopportune moment where I am on holiday, my hoster renewed certificates and did something wrong, and so https isn't working - hopefully this has been fixed by the time you read this)
I'm looking for a job and would love to work with someone in this community, especially in the impact world or around topics relevant to the rationalist community.
I write copy and content in the medical / pharma spaces but have written across blockchain and biotech. I've worked with top brands like Colgate and have direct clinical experience, along with a publication record in professional pharmaceutical research.
For anyone looking to reduce household plastic waste, it can be difficult to find high quality, convenient plastic replacements. Shopzebo.com is a zero waste subscription box that packages several plastic-free everyday essentials, such as toothpaste, soap, and detergent pods, in one convenient quarterly box. Unlike other subscription boxes, you can choose exactly what goes into your box so you don't waste stuff you don't need.
I'm a traditionally published novelist whose work often involves a character's rational understanding of a situation butting heads against her irrational instincts about how to react in that situation, and I always strive to be aware of cognitive biases (my own and my characters') in my writing. I'm posting here because, anecdotally, people who are drawn to rationality seem to enjoy my work.
My first novel, The Last One, is about a woman who is on a reality TV show when the world ends, and she thinks it's all just part of the show. The book was published in 25 languages, selected as a Seattle Times Best Book of 2016, and was a finalist for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards (in the science-fiction category).
My second novel, Forget Me Not, just came out a few months ago and is about a woman who shouldn't exist--she was born to replace a dead older sister she never knew about and then essentially abandoned to raise herself on an isolated, rural property. Upon escaping this property at the age of twelve, she became a social media sensation (in all the worst ways), and now, as an adult, she's an anxious, agoraphobic recluse who lives in complete terror of being recognized. The story starts with her hesitantly striking up a friendship with a new neighbor, a charismatic data scientist who introduces her to the escapism and wonder of VR. Then there is a mysterious fire at her childhood home, which draws her back into the public eye, and everything kinda takes off from there...
Anyway, I'm a big fan of the site. If either of my books sound like they're up your alley, you can check them out here:
I occasionally blog here: https://www.tbbakker.nl/#posts on topics relating machine learning and Bayesian probability theory. I'm a PhD student in machine learning, with a background in physics.
Current posts contain musings on Bayesian probability theory as 'the one true way of doing inference', and how to get to modern-day ML from there. Writing these really helped me get a good sense of how those two disparate islands of knowledge relate, so I thought I'd share.
I own a small company that makes custom coins/belt buckles/poker chips/bottle openers, etc. - Most of our customers are military or police, but if anyone here needs something custom like this, please reach out to me. www.kiddercorp.com
I'm a recently retired scientist: PhD in theoretical physics, worked in machine learning and statistics. For the last 20 or so years, I've worked in cancer research (which gene to target, in which disease, in which patients, and how to construct a biomarker that predicts response to therapy).
It's one of those weird blogs actually hosted at GitHub, with pages generated from a repository of (mostly) markdown. That part was actually kind of fun, though I'm still figuring it out. So the layout is... "rudimentary".
I have a portable table and can travel reasonable distances. I can do TeleRehab, though I recommend going to a local practioner in your area if you need manual therapy for pain issues.
We cover the news from the last 2 weeks from a rationalist perspective. Co-hosted by Eneasz Brodski (of the Bayesian Conspiracy and the Methods of Rationality podcast) and David from the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord server.
Every year, state and local economic development agencies hand out an estimated $95 billion in tax abatements, grants and other forms of targeted economic development subsidies. For context, that's enough to fund the 11 smallest state budgets, combined.
The nonprofit organization I lead, the Center for Economic Accountability (www.economicaccountability.org), works to bring transparency, accountability and market-based reforms to state and local economic development programs across the country. We base our education and advocacy efforts on a growing body of research from across the ideological spectrum that finds these subsidies to be ineffective at best and harmful at worst at "creating jobs" or fostering economic prosperity.
We've collected a selection of the research here for anyone interested: https://economicaccountability.org/research-resources/, and are always happy to talk to researchers working in this space or local activists interested in addressing what's going on in their community. You can follow us on Twitter at @accountableecon.
Special offer to fellow ACT readers: email me your mailing address at info@economicaccountability.org and I'll send you a free "PAY FOR YOUR OWN DAMN STADIUM" sticker. Currently available in Oakland A's, Washington Football Team and generic red-white-n-blue colors.
Hi, I'm a rising Junior in computer science looking for an internship for this fall or next summer. I've built a couple really cool projects including an optimized interpreter for (most of) prolog and a script that solves the 8-puzzle using a pattern database. This summer I'm building a React/Typescript project for SoftBank's Masason AI incubator. Let me know if you have anything!
I'm working on a product called Runbooks (https://runbooks.app). It's a team productivity website/app that combines a user manual with a checklist. I created it based upon years of experience running software / DevOps teams where it's common to have detailed technical processes that greatly benefit from using checklists both to ensure correctness and repeatability. The product also provides a nice dashboard to know what everyone is working on, and email notifications as work progresses to coordinate between people working on the same task.
Just to scale down your expectations, this is a low-level tool aimed at biologists; it cannot tell you what diseases you're likely to have or where your ancestors came from or which medicine is best for your condition. But it will let you zoom in smoothly from bird's-eye view of multiple chromosomes down into individual nucleotides, without having to wait several minutes between mouse wheel clicks. It can also run BLAST in real time, either to show local alignment or to perform a search across multiple genomes; plus a lot of other useful things.
Here's a video tutorial to get you started (narrated by my boss):
Before you ask, yes, I do realize that we have some gaps in functionality; for example, we currently cannot display VCF files or QTLs. We should have those done relatively soon, along with other features such rich export and the Synteny Matrix.
If you are interested (and can afford to pay), our team will help you install and maintain the full stack in-house (really it's just a Docker container); this way, if you're working for a large corporation, you can rest assured that no proprietary data will ever leave your company firewall. We can also host it for you (and your team) in AWS, if that's what you'd prefer. You can leave us a quick message here:
i bought an electric bass more or less on impulse but partially because i need a new hobby. i am looking for a teacher who can get me started. so far it's been youtube. i would prefer in person - i live in Brooklyn (near carroll street stop on the F) but could travel a little bit.
I’m a violinist/violist based in New York. (Grad student at Juilliard) I play weddings, do recordings and I teach. I have had a lot of success teaching over zoom, both children and adults of all levels. If you’re looking for a teacher/performer you can contact me at megardiner124@gmail.com
Also feel free to contact me if you’re a fellow ACT reader in the NY area looking to meet new people! I’m always interested in making new friends here.
If you know some basic Java programming, and you wonder how to get from there to actually programming *games*, my new blog has some advice for you (so far, two posts). https://kittenlord.substack.com/archive
Each post comes with a full Maven project in Git, so that you can see everything in full context, and run it on your computer.
Hi - do you need some artwork on your plain bare walls so that your space feels..well …just better? If so, check out my art at Https://www.margaretwithers.com/paintings
Looking for a psychologist/educator to chat with about a gifted 10-year-old boy. Trying to understand what good paths look like for him, and how to help him find his.
⚡💡 UK based, created a card game about the energy mix! Looking for teachers to trial & use the game in classrooms when we finish developing the next version.
Hah - sure why not - Boston area (Cambervilleford particularly) area human / esoteric massage therapist - If you're looking for a well reviewed MT who can also discuss rationalist adjacent issues feel free to reach out -
I play a lot of board games, and it can be socially tricky to choose games that everyone is honestly happy with, especially when you split into multiple tables. So a friend and I made http://whatdoweplay.com to help. See http://whatdoweplay.com/howitworks for how it works.
I'm the director of Euler Circle (https://eulercircle.com/), which is a mathematics institute dedicated to teaching college-level mathematics classes to high-school students. Traditionally, classes have been held in person in Palo Alto, California, but we're temporarily online while COVID case numbers remain very high, so students from around the world are welcome. In the fall, we'll have classes on proofs in number theory, linear and abstract algebra, and generating functions.
Seeds of Science - theseedsofscience.org - is a new open access peer-reviewed journal and community aimed at publishing short speculative articles and commentaries in a non-traditional format. Peer review is crowdsourced voting and commenting from our diverse network of "Gardeners" from across science. Become an author or gardener (free to join) today!
Wave (https://www.wave.com/en/) is currently hiring software engineers and product managers. Come work with us to improve the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa by making payments dramatically cheaper and faster. If you're reading this blog chances are good that you'll fit right in!
I really like this classifieds thread. ACT is such a marvelous community. I need to dig deeper because I can see so many things to follow up with. (Yes I also have ADHD!) I also wanted to invite anyone who has a deep interest in technology investing and evaluating companies that might be looking to work with me I'd love to hear from you. I had a career at IBM and one on Wall Street as a research analyst and left all that to work on my own years ago. We run a service called IPO Candy which we have expanded to include SPAC IPO names (SPACvest) and we are launching a few more in other areas. I have done most of the work myself but have a small support team that helps. I've run it a bit like a "lifestyle" business but with two kids looking at private colleges I am working on ramping it up into a more "real" business. It would be more fun to do with new collaborators or partners. If the plan works out it would generate a decent income and most importantly be fun and create lots of value for investors looking for the best ideas in emerging growth areas. You can email me at kris at ipocandy.com if you'd like to.
If you have founded or lead a post series A, high-growth tech startup and are committed to fulfilling your vision, let's talk. I provide
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Our second focus is on helping you and your leadership team to grow and expand your capacity as fast as your company is growing. You don't have time for a 20-year learning trajectory. Our executive coaching produces extraordinary leadership through the lens of both ontology and integrity. Great leaders cultivate extraordinary teams and they produce unprecedented results.
Contact me for an abbreviated, complimentary coaching session, or strategy advisory conversation.
I blog at https://BeyondBetter.io Its distribution is currently about 7,500. I hope you'll subscribe.
Always on the lookout for people in Dublin or the surrounding counties who are interested in SSC/rationalism. I attend a recurring SSC meetup - if you're interested in coming along, give me a shout and I'll add you to our Telegram group.
This is a sort of thing I've wanted to do for a while, but had always found excuses not to - probably partly out of a certain fear of cyber-ridicule. Well, no more. Ridiculous or not, it's out there.
Do you know me? If you do, I have this to say for it: it contains thoughts of mine, ostensibly about physics, Portugal (of course), and poetry; but possibly about other topics too. If you like these topics, or generally think there is interest in the thoughts I air or my perspective on things, this may be for you. If you don't know me, how do you know I'm not a super interesting person whose thoughts on random stuff you'd like to read? Check it out and see for yourself.
I hope you check it out - and if you do, I hope you like it.
See you around! (New posts come in roughly monthly, except for times of particularly tough workload - and holidays.)
My cofounder and I have been working on a platform that lets you build your own online game, with a minimal coding experience necessary. We provide a drag&drop interface and handle all the server stuff; you bring the game idea. Want to try it out? Reach out to austin@oneword.games (or sign up for updates at http://oneword.games/platform)!
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman seeking ultra-Orthodox Jewish man. I'm a software engineer by trade, curious, and love to learn. I'm yeshivish and have been lurking in the SSC and rationalist community for years.
I post Data Science/Data Analysis challenges/games on LessWrong; the handful of people who play them seem to really like them, and I'm hoping to get a wider audience by posting here.
This is a really long shot ... but I'll mention this anyway!
Are there any senior doctors, nurses, health professionals here who have a worry about the safety aspects of Handover (aka 'handoff' in the US) and transitions of care?
We have developed an clever system to replace and enhance handover sheets (also called rounding sheets or sign-out sheets in the US)
Looking to date in London. Looking for a woman who is clever, kind and poly. I'm tall, like organising events and EAish. Message me @nathanpmyoung on Twitter
Readers may enjoy my blog: https://samenright.com/. I write in-depth book reviews, as well as posts about jazz, philosophy, and economics. The blog is funded by Emergent Ventures and I'm in the MR links sometimes. Thanks!
Tailoring/dressmaking services available. Based in London but can ship worldwide.
Having an item custom-made for you is more expensive than buying off the rack, but it allows you to get exactly what you want - even if that item doesn't exist yet. For example, my latest custom order is a sleeveless cross between a judo gi and zapp brannigan's uniform made from psychedelic-patterned silk: funky leisurewear for hot days.
I have been writing a blog for the past 4 months - https://ilearned.substack.com, where I archive interesting things that I discovered from blogs, books and podcasts. I started this for myself to better retain the things that I am learning, I hope some of you find it useful too.
There is no limitation per se on the topics, though so far, I have mostly written about finance/investments, business strategy, psychology (in consumer choices, or within organizations) or philosophy.
www.susanhunterpsychotherapy.com - U.K. based and work internationally. Reminding people (we know how, many have just forgotten due to their conditioning) how to be a good friend to themselves and more, to cherish and celebrate ourselves (without becoming narcissists). It’s the magic switch that makes us automatically more loving and towards others, more appreciative of everything, end self sabotage, and we end up dumping all that is bunk and often earning more too as we feel more confident and deserving of it. What’s not to like :-)
On second thoughts I also host a weekly science-based acoustic gig / singalong/ chat on Zoom - Super Blurry Astronaut LIVE - usually Wednesday or Thursday 8pm UK time. I post details of each week’s theme and crowdsource suggestions for songs on Monday via various science comms networks and on FB eg https://facebook.com/events/s/super-blurry-astronaut-live-la/2956979244545641/ (yesterday’s gig on lachrymosity).
I'm looking for someone with experience and expertise in dealing with long-running anhedonia.
I've had long-running anhedonia (about 11 years) that's done a great job ignoring everything I've thrown at it, from diet to exercise, medication to meditation. The objective aspects of my life are in good shape (social life, career, family, physical health), but like a light switch 11 years ago, pleasure and joy just kinda disappeared. I've got a therapist and psychiatrist, and am looking for either:
- Your experiences overcoming anhedonia
- Recommended reading on how anhedonia operates
- Pointers to bizarre treatments or out-of-the-way experts in anhedonia
My email address is hixgrigby@gmail.com -- Thanks for anything you decide to offer!
I am looking for Platonic Friends. I am not lonely. I'm already in a committed, monogamous relationship. I am also probably already too busy anyway. However, I can always use to add more people to my friend group, or mix things up further with more types of stimulation.
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth (but I am open to pen-pals)
Career: Analytics
My interests include philosophy, social sciences(especially economics), religious studies, business, technology(especially data/analytics). I also like video games(specifically RPGs) and anime.
To flesh this out, I mentally came of age to GMU economists, early Less Wrong, as well as Calvinistic Christianity, and the new atheists. I am an atheist, but have a reasonably strong understanding of Protestant theology, as well as philosophy of religion. In my free-time, I run discussions on various topics in religion and philosophy. Honestly, I tend to see religious studies as something like a discussion of weird garbage, but sometimes it can be interesting or illuminating. (Also, I think 80% of the Bible is badly written. Paul is a good author, and Ecclesiastes is well-written, but Augustine is probably smarter than both)
Additionally, I was an economics student in college because I find the social sciences fascinating. Over time, I have molded this interest in the social sciences to an interest in business studies. (Think Peter Drucker, Clay Christensen, and HBR) Additionally, I have developed a strong professional interest in technology. I also organize events to discuss business and technology concepts in my area.
What I am seeking is just more interesting people to bounce ideas off of, ideally in a less confrontational setting. I'm also ~90% less pretentious than I'm coming off here, and hopefully 25-75% more competent.
My email is ryanwagen@yahoo.com. If you're interested, then I look forward to hearing from you.
Published my book today on the 50th anniversary of the end of the gold standard and the birth of fiat money in August 1971 https://www.zvi.net/money. The book explores money, how it drives the economy, and why since 2008 trillions of dollars, euros, yen have been printed but not spent.
I just published a memoir about my wife's project to build a house after being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BV8MSKR.
Reverse Classifieds possibly an open dev post: daytime babycare
With COVID-19 scares and a lot of lower wage folk on the sidelines due to all the handouts, how would you recommend finding what amounts to a day time nanny in San Antonio (don't like these nanny websites) who will feed and change a 3 month to 1 year old from say 7am to 3pm?
Issue being MIL fearful of abusive childcare providers or deriliction of duty, etc.
I'm a life coach. First session free. Take it as an opportunity for me to orient you towards various kinds of interior work you could be doing to be more awesome and no obligation to work with me.
You can find my blog here: www.bearlamp.com.au or just email me at redeliot at gmail to make a time. Mention acx to help me know who you are.
I overlap with the operational effect of therapists, with a bit more freedom because I'm not actually a therapist. I moved my identity through rationality, meditation, post-rationality, therapy of various kinds and ended up pretty damn good at solving problems both on the explicit, deliberate, coaching level and on the embodied, somatic, field-of-awareness level.
I specifically work across an embarrassingly large number of models, systems and theories because I couldn't make myself specialise. These include: Internal Family Systems therapy, directly working with emotions (fear, anger, sadness), meditative practices (including awareness, embodiment, noting, somatics, jhana and more), developmental systems (keegan, stages, spiral dynamics, integral), weird energy systems (like chakras, meridians, somatics), shadow work, and more that I haven't called to mind just now.
As an example of the kind of work I do. I recently talked to someone who had trouble organising their reactions to a psychedelic trip and helped to place their capacity to approach the "scary" phenomena and permit them to reprocess things.
I talked to someone a week ago who found himself in a drama triangle with a work colleague and his boss. We talked about the aspects of the triangle and the healthy triangle and how it deeply connects to his upbringing with his sibling, the compelling nature of drama and how he had a role to play in perpetuating the drama because he was just so fascinated by it, and also how it's up to him what he wants to do now that he's found himself here, if he wants to continue the job or not, and that it is salvageable but may require some effort.
I talked to someone a few weeks ago running a startup and caught in unworthiness procrastination loops. We examined where they came from and found them in highschool, we sat with them emotionally and they softened in a way that the situation is workable and there is not as much procrastination as before.
I talked to someone who kept finding friends boring, we talked about the conditions being set up in judging friends which made them accidentally show up as boring and how to facilitate more interestingness in the people being met.
I talked to someone with 10 years of chronic pain. We processed each of fear, anger and sadness until they were less of a restriction on her. We talked about how the chronic pain is at least partially a deliberate defence mechanism for her because the exterior world is "bad" and "scary". Since then there's been less pain and she's enjoying life more.
I talked to a guy who I sensed had heaps of capacity but wasn't stepping up. I told him to "be more awesome", which he knew, he did on the spot by "stepping into the spotlight" per-se. within a month he had gotten a new job, moved city, and was having an awesome time. (he had done a great deal of personal work but hadn't realised how much he could just be more awesome).
Everyone's story is different and yet there's something of a universal human pattern to the stories. I love to see the humanity in all of us and to undo the knots of the mind.
I wrote a book on personal finance for absolute beginners on modest incomes, starting from basics like debt, emergency funds and budgeting, leading up to investing in index funds and getting good advice.
The preview available for free on Amazon contains a comprehensive chapter summary so you can see whether this book suits your needs, or perhaps the needs of your profligate nephew:
Check out my curated progressive/intellectual aggregator, LeftTimes -- sources range from ACX to Marxists in all media formats. There's also iOS and Android apps. https://lefttimes.org/
Looking for remote devs to work on a platform for ML code, fellow digital nomad asx readers to meet, MRI or ETI technicians with track record of publishing novel imaging work, anyone that has a stronger than random opinion about ideal BF pct target once you get bellow 15, someone that enjoys Asimov and wants to illustrate a fiction book. george at cerebralab.com
I perform part-time outsourced CFO services and advise multiple startups, and I absolutely love it. If you are looking for FP&A help, I’d be happy to have a chat.
I mainly focus on consumer products and technology, but finance is finance, and I’m flexible on industry.
I wrote a speculative novel. Sent out thirteen query letters - got rejected by seven so far. Six more to go. Wish me luck! If I don't find an agent, I'll self-publish.
I work as a privacy lawyer in Canada (https://www.frankprivacy.com/). If you work for a business operating in Canada (or thinking of expanding), I would love to help.
I'm organizing a techno-optimist short story writing competition! Would love to get submissions from any Astral Codex 10 readers interested in creative writing, and I would greatly appreciate you subscribing if you're interested in reading the top submissions. https://myrielmedia.substack.com/p/call-for-short-stories
My company is currently hiring for a ton of new positions. Early stage AI startup in the transactions space, open to remote work, keen to learn culture. If interested, please contact me at thomas dot stearns26 at gmail dot com
Are you a rationalist running for office? $1 gets you your first hour of campaign consulting; you'll be glad you did. JRM, longtime resident o' these comment pages and recently elected judge, can give a reference. I've been doing campaign consulting for more than a decade and been point on over a dozen small-time campaigns, and this is me doing my part to raise the sanity waterline.
Written a book or other major work that you're proud enough of to wish it were typo-free? My previous hats include law review editor, newspaper editor, medical devices technical writer and project manager and current hats include fiction editor and English-translation polisher. If you're small-time and flexible about when I get around to your work, my low-end rate is competitive for the quality I offer: $40/hr. If you need a turnaround measured in days or weeks, my rates are industry competitive.
Email me at k*h*meck at gmail, except remove the asterisks.
I've written a pair of posts on fundamental ideas in biochemistry/biophysics, starting from classic papers. They're aimed at a basic college-level physics & chemistry background. I'm looking for feedback on the tone & style before I write more.
I'm a data analyst looking for startups or similar high-growth organizations. I've analyzed spreadsheets for 3+ years, and I've practiced daily to broaden my skillset to include programming (Python, R, SQL), case studies, and (recently) contributing to open-source projects, like Kaggle competitions.
Currently located near Huntsville, but open to relocation (and remote, of course). Full-time work is preferred, but part-time / flexible hours aren't entirely off the table.
1. I've been having a lot of fun doing photography, and I'm interested in excuses to travel. If you have projects such as photo journalism or wildlife research (ideally with only moderate amounts of hiking), I would be very interested in helping out with that sort of thing.
2. I'm single, and looking for a long-term partner. I'm heteroflexible but mostly into women, live in Madison Wisconsin, and am open to having kids.
3. I'm interested in start-up investing, particularly at the angel stage, and I'm always happy to read pitches.
A mini-portfolio and contact info can be found on drethelin.com
I'm a freshly minted PGY-1 Psychiatry resident in the US looking to make friends with other psych residents (or just psychiatrists) who frequent blogs like this. I am writing this post spontaneously, but I think it might be cool to form a small group that can trade/discuss research papers in the field, bitch about residency, share experiences/advice while we learn how to become independent physicians, and maybe even meet up at conferences.
If this sounds like a thing you might be into, drop me a line at: nilskwendel@gmail.com
Torchship: A hard SF adventure story. An undercover agent joins the crew of a interstellar freighter to deliver cargo in a galaxy scarred by AI rebellions. Pilots are forced to use slide rules to navigate their ships while gamers face death if they evade the restrictions on their computers. Finalist for the Prometheus Award for best libertarian SF novel.
I tutor math and physics, mostly at the high school/AP/IB/introductory college level. Online or in person. Occasionally I will take a middle school student, especially if they are an ACX fan. Subjects include algebra, geometry, triginometry, precalculus, calculus, algebra-based physics and calculus-based physics, and all AP and IB physics and math exams. I will also occasionally take a computer science student. I used to be a high school AP computer science teacher, my students averaged 4.0 on the AP exam.
Once a week I share a newsletter (RSS or email, it's hosted on Ghost) that's a brief overview with follow-up references about a particular topic I'm researching that week. For example: obscure facts about scurvy, the history of hats around the world, and the plausibility of herding giant spiders for their silk.
My main blog -- https://www.eleanorkonik.com -- is mostly focused on how archaeology and history can help speculative fiction writers; some of my articles have been published by outlets like SFWA and Tor. Occasionally I talk about notetaking (I'm a moderator for the community around personal knowledge management software called Obsidian) & politics or do book reviews.
I have a blog! It's called the Questioner and it's about superforecasting, memetics, and psychedelics.
What makes my blog more interesting that the typical superforecasting/memetics/psychedelics blog is that I talk about the practical applications a lot more. For example, using memes to influence elections, using superforecasting to clean up in the stock market, etc. I also talk about a few experiments of mine in which I've done exactly that.
I'm working on an investigative horror tabletop RPG. I haven't come up with a final name for it yet, so it's currently called Untitled Cosmic Horror Project. It's pretty far along in the playtest process, and I'm running at least one game of it a week online.
I write about meta-ethics, libertarian political theory, culture war stuff, intelligence research and other stuff. I just started writing! This is my recent piece in which I speculate that wokeness is a consequence of viewing racism as a disease:
I'm on the job hunt, and the SSC classified thread produced some good leads a while ago, so hopefully the ACX one will as well!
I'm a graduate of Carnegie Mellon's privacy engineering master's program, and also got my bachelor's from there undergrad in computer science and mathematics. Before I went back for grad school, I worked as a programmer at Microsoft and Booz Allen, and more recently I've served as a UN expert on child online protection and taught for Art of Problem Solving. Some personal programming projects I'm proud of include a mod for Slay the Spire and several automated logic puzzle generators. I'm a skilled writer and presenter, with a knack for finding memorable examples of technical concepts, such as a magic-trick-based cryptography lesson or a parapsychology experiment for a class on experimental design and statistics.
I'm most interested in privacy-related work, but I'm flexible. I really enjoy teaching, I'm quite practiced at coding, and I pick up new domains of policy very readily. If you know of any job openings I might be a match for, please let me know here or contact me at euclid11 (at) gmail.com.
I write collections of nanofiction/metafiction science fiction in an empire of postsophont libertarian space elves that have been quite well received. And cited in the comments back on SSC a few times, as I recall. If this sounds like it might be your thing, books and reviews are available here:
I'm working on an AI assisted language learning thing for intermediate to advanced users. I'm looking for some early feedback. You get to use it for free during the alpha in exchange. https://forms.gle/7iJaAwTHX1nA6WRNA
I work for an always-hiring software startup in the NLP and AI space, more or less: balto.ai. It's a real-time conversation guidance platform, it does what it says on the tin, and does it really well.
We are not Bay-based, have a remarkably positive and extremely low-ego culture, and need talent in engineering, implementation, sales and account management (and also we could use a CFO with SaaS experience). Series B will close very soon.
WE WILL HIRE YOU WITH NO RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LEARN. Many of our best people came to us from bartending, construction, and even straight out of liberal arts programs at tiny colleges.
Hello I’m a UX/UI designer from London. Im between jobs atm so if you’ve got a project you’d like an app designed or any feedback on I’d be happy to help, wouldn’t necessary need to be for £$€. I’ve a portfolio at dyniol.com
I'm Amy Alkon, and I write "science-help" - research-based advice. My current book, "Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence," explains the *actions* to take to transform yourself to live with confidence. http://amzn.to/2fFdl2c
*Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases #ad
Request for shilling: what are good products for sleep? I’ve tried various doses of melatonin, blue light blocking glasses, white noise generators, and CBT but none of them seem to have much of an effect, positive or negative. I don’t really have a huge sleep problem, but I really like good nights of sleep
"In handwringers, self is a half-baked hope gleaned from various media, populating page after page with chattering anxiety circling identity, authenticity, religion, and culture.This collection of short stories revolves around Jewish identity and the schlemiel -- a figure in Jewish folklore described as "one who handles a situation in the worst possible manner or is dogged by an ill luck that is more or less due to his own ineptness." The schlemiel is not always apparent in the pages, but is continually evoked as a guiding concept, a tribute, an homage, and a narrative identity. The length and arrangement of the stories approximate a chaotic media experience: clips, soundbites, advertisements, shows, films, photographs, the all-at-once internet; a disembodied head spins like a top in green and black holographic space -- is this the likeness of a far-flung psyche or just a forgotten Much Music commercial? Collectively, moments of epiphany and/or crisis suggest fragments of self deliriously trying to assemble, clinging to would-be wisdoms and TV tag-lines, while failing to locate its/their misplaced community."
I wanted to let you all know about my paid Anki alternative, 21st Night: get21stnight.com . It was designed to solve a few issues I had with Anki:
1) Full integration with notes and pdfs: it always bothered me that the flashcards I made from my notes were in a separate place/unattached to the notes themselves. 21st Night integrates them tightly in one place.
2) Ease of use: Anki has a lot of features, but it's really difficult to use, and forces you into its own paradigm. I wanted something that had all the features of Anki, but was easier and more flexible to use (e.g. you didn't have to review your cards with spaced repetition if you didn't want to)
3) Stickiness: somewhat tied to ease of use, Anki is really hard to stick with. I wanted a studying app that was easier to stick with than Anki.
21st Night has full import/export with Anki, Quizlet, and CSV/PDF (for flashcards/notes). It has a 2 week free trial, and you can also try out the demo on the website without creating an account. Check it out at get21stnight.com !
I help people start folding origami tessellations by explaining the basic building blocks and underlying principles. I'm currently running a 5-week live series on the foundations, with recordings available to catch up or review previous sessions. You can sign up at https://gatheringfolds.com/signup and the second session will be Friday, August 13th.
I have been designing and manufacturing tactical shotgun accessories for police and non-police for 18 years now, after an earlier career in high tech: https://www.mesatactical.com/
They just started not long ago. The main product right now is a set of cool rugs. If you're not interested in rugs but like their style/want to follow them because you *also* think the rugs are cool, they're on instagram as @_citrastudio .
An inquiry into this-worldly redemption; essentially an extension and refinement of the "self-actualization" discourse running through figures like Jung, Nietzsche and those associated with the Esalen Institute in the 60's and 70's
If you don't believe all that much in the efficient market hypothesis and appreciate brief write-ups about forgotten stocks. And/or if you have an interest in political science on a more abstract level (more posts on that coming soon):
A few years ago I wrote, programmed, scored, and did most of the art for a video game called Manna For Our Malices. The pitch is "groundhog day meets the x files, as an anime".
So far I have written about FDA reform, connectomics, and AI for COVID-19 diagnosis. It's been on a 3 month hiatus since I moved and changed jobs but I have a new post on FDA reform in the works (focus on regenerative medicine / stem cells). In the future there will be less on the FDA and more on AI Safety and Progress Studies.
Also related to FDA reform - check out this panel I organized which has high information density:
For longevity fans -- this isn't going to launch officially until early September, but I've been given permission from the founder (Dylan Livingston) to share it among "transhumanist communities and mailing lists online". What I'm talking about is The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives, a new 501c4 organization that is the first of its kind. Unlike other longevity nonprofits, they can (and will) engage in lobbying and political activities. I'm really proud to be their first member and I encourage others to join early for similar bragging rights. Check it out here : https://www.a4li.org/ . Dylan worked on the Biden campaign and he's been working full time on this for several months, laying out a very strong foundation, putting together a really stellar advisory board and board of directors which will be announced in September.
We're writing Dolt, a SQL database with git versioning features. It's a SQL database you can branch and merge, fork and clone, push and pull, just like a git repository. It's like git and MySQL had a baby. The people here are smart enough to see the possibilities with that, so go check it out:
Following up on my free podcast audiobook of Scott Alexander's "UNSONG", I'm narrating the works of David Chapman, starting with "Meaningness". https://fluidity.libsyn.com
New, free, values-based, video-only dating app where you pre-filter based on dealbreakers & dealmakers (crowd-sourced; no "expert" algorithms): https://drom.date/astralcodexten
I blog at benjiwheeler.medium.com . I write about politics, education, books and technology. I'd say my tone is intellectual but accessible, skeptical but not overly smug about it :) I think ACX readers would find my writing worth reading!
Do you miss the good old days when Slate Star Codex had a side bar with many wonderful products? Relive those halcyon days every time you bite into Mealsquares: https://mealsquares.com/. We're kind of hoping you mostly taste the nostalgia since we're so low sugar.
Free Black Thought (FBT) combats racial essentialism and the politics of racial authenticity by promoting public awareness of the great diversity of thought among black writers and artists. In so doing, we seek to highlight the unique contributions to public debates made by heterodox black voices from across the political spectrum. FBT is non-partisan: we pursue no political agenda other than a commitment to free speech, civil rights, and a conviction that a pluralistic society committed to liberal democracy is nourished by the entire spectrum of black thinking on matters of politics, society, and culture.
FBT’s Compendium of Free Black Thought contains topically arranged bibliographies of heterodox writing by black authors: https://bit.ly/Compendium_of_FBT
The FBT website features a curated list of heterodox black podcasters and YouTubers, arranged into broad categories by political ideology (“Liberal,” “Centrist,” “Conservative”): www.freeblackthought.com
A dating ad, why not: Compared to the average ACT reader, I am athletic, extroverted, offline, low in neuroticism, and interested in aesthetics. Hobbies include cycling, wilderness backpacking, climbing, music, and dance. The dream is to build a household glowing with love, music, and community. That could include building the physical house — and definitely includes unschooling, free-range parenting, or something along those lines. Looking for competence, judgement, and flow. On a date I can take you to the mountains or to the Met, your choice.
My basic information: M seeking F, aged 33, truly 6'0" (189 cm), income ~$400k with upward potential, working remotely.
Location: US West or Southwest, open to travel and snow-birding. I spent the pandemic taking a COVID-safe road trip around the West, which I'm still on. Give me a reason to move to a place.
Use the Zoomcorder video robot (which I built!) to record your next webinar or meeting WITHOUT you attending. (It's ideal for video meetings where you mainly listen.) Immediately after the meeting a recording will be sent to you to watch anytime. Try it out at: https://Zoomcorder.com
I'll look for people through more traditional channels soon, but wanted to throw up something here to cast a wider net. In the meantime, if you'd like more information, please shoot me an email at memeticwarfarin at gmail.com.
I write a funny literature / book blog at http://dreicafe.com. The shtik is to take "serious literature" and present it to a layman reader (I pretend I'm writing for a tradie mate); I occasionally stretch the definition of "literature" to e.g. TalkBass forum posts. It's framed as letters to friends. I am going for short & highly funny articles, but with meat on the bone for each one.
There's Melbourne Australia 'Lockdown Experience Blog' content in the older issues (mostly complaints about "pick up yr dog poo") signs, for anyone into that sort of stuff!
I’ve worked with Capitalists, Communists, and Catholics in Asia, Europe, and North America and have set up an executive coaching practice for potential / current leaders in business, government, and nonprofit. john@bahsuh84.com
If you want your kids to learn coding, you could do worse than to try the relatively new live classes we do on top of our game-based-learning coding platform: https://codecombat.com/parents (self-paced options also available). Works best for kids 8-14, but can serve well as soon as they can type, and plenty of adults learn coding with us, too.
I write law review articles about First Amendment protections for free inquiry (including freedom to experiment, to collect/analyze data, and to make scientific claims that fall short of current FDA/FTC requirements of proof.) Perhaps of interest to this group.
Mortality, public finance, and public pensions -- I have a substack (link next to my name, but for convenience: https://marypatcampbell.substack.com/ )
I'm a life actuary and I'm really into explaining mortality trends right now. Tax policy and stressed public pensions are also tops for topics for me.
Astranis is hiring for all kinds of engineering and non-engineer positions. We're a team in San Francisco, recently raised a 250m series C, building small geostationary communications satellites.
https://onlinecounsellingtherapist.com/
A Twitter bot I built to share rationalist and effective alturism type posts from a range of sources.
https://twitter.com/RationalReads
I have a new blog and my first post is about what I learned from forecasting the fourth wave of Covid in Georgia the country: https://nealzupancic.substack.com/p/peak-predictions
I'm looking for a good functional medicine doctor in San Francisco. If you have anyone to recommend, could you email me daveey [at] gmail? Much appreciated!
Unix sydadmin / programmer / person who can work on other people's perl code / welder / machinist / general fabrication / mechanic / former EMT / commercial truck driver (yeah, it's an eclectic list) currently based in Albuquerque and willing to relocate to Dallas. (Or work remotely, of course, but my goal is to live in one place.) If that sounds like something that your company could use, drop an email to sandro (dot) rettinger [at] protonmail dotcom asking for a copy of my resume and I'll get you one.
I write some meaningless posts about the funny thing called life, and all of them are just ... I don't know, you can call them whatever you want. https://salahuddin-ob.wixsite.com/salahuddin-cave
I'm a college student working on a startup 3D printing hydroponic towers. Trying to scale, outsourcing experience and wisdom is hard. Words of advice/inquiries: sechernbiw3000@protonmail.com
I'm working on an analog synthesizer and would love to partner up with someone to design and sell affordable analog audio gear. Harass me at greg dot lorincz 79 at gmail.
(Eh why not?)
Check out my blog for misc. musings on various meta-issues, including good, evil, and how to live a good life. Sometimes, begrudgingly, I touch base with the real world and give some Takes.
https://www.metalevelup.com
My most popular series of posts by far was an attempted meta-analysis of takes on Scott's sort-of-battle with the NYT; see part 1 here https://www.metalevelup.com/post/scott-alexander-vs-nyt-meta-analysis-part-1.
I'm the CTO of Coral (owncoral.com) and seeking talented software engineers and UX designers. Our mission is to democratize real estate investing, making it simple for anyone to own a share of a rental property. Coral insulates you from hassle and complexity—you just collect the rent check.
Do you have a passion for real estate, design, or application development? If so, you would make a great teammate. We're fully remote and (rather unusually for a startup) already profitable.
Interested? Please reply below, or apply at owncoral.com/careers
I blog some thoughts I have about libertarianism, anthropics, AI alignment, computation, culture, and other rationalist-adjacent things that interest me at <https://carado.moe/>.
Topics include
• What does wolfram physics imply for long-term ethics and AI alignment
• What axiomatic values can be behind liking art
• Should we keep a paperclip AI ready to fire in case a timeline looks like it's headed for S-risks
• How can we combat intellectual property law
• Why is unicode oppresive by nature of being centralized
https://twitter.com/carad0 is a twitter dedicated solely to linking new posts on that blog.
I'd hope and expect many amongst the ACT cabal to be interested in the decades worth of material, mostly in interactive PDF eBook formats, up on our primary website... <https://cultivateunderstanding.com> devoted to archiving, interpreting, and conserving ecological and cultural assets (primarily in South and Southeast Asia)... with your critical feedback most appreciated.
I've been working on a series of short stories and one short novel, all set at various points up and down the next thousand years or so of a future history. I suspect that ACX readers would find them interesting, and many of my ideas were inspired by things I first found out about here. If out-there high-concept sci fi is your thing, I'd suggest Seeker (https://ascentuniverse.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/seeker/), and if you want something more straightforward that introduces the world, there's Threshold (https://ascentuniverse.wordpress.com/2021/02/12/threshold/). My longest piece, Ascent, starts here (https://ascentuniverse.wordpress.com/)
I have published three novels, all available on Amazon in print and kindle. One complaint I get about them is that the characters are too rational, so rationalists might enjoy them. _Harald_ is also available as an audiobook read by me (on Audible and, less conveniently but free, on my web page), and _Salamander_ is available on Audible read by someone else, I think very well. The first and second are unrelated, _Brothers_, the third, is a sequel to _Salamander_.
Also, I'm in the process of turning the ideas in fifteen years of my blog into one or more books, posting sections as a finish drafts, and would be glad of comments: http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Ideas%20I/Ideas%20I_%20A%20Book%20from%20Blogs.html
It would be helpful of a classified thread had some internal structure, so that one could find the things one was interested in without going through lots of other stuff. The simplest way would be for Scott start with a series of posts, each a category: "Employment Opportunities," "Mate Search," ... Then posters could make their posts responses to the appropriate category post.
Meet relevant professionals over games; build your network and have fun! camaraderous.com
I'm a mid-20's rational-ish male software dev and in all respects probably pretty typical SSC-er, looking for housing in the SF Bay area (ideally east bay). If you're looking for a roommate, whether you have a place already or not, I can be reached at rot13 ubhfvat@nagbacndh.va
I have a DeviantArt page (https://www.deviantart.com/concavenator/gallery) where I sometimes post artwork and short stories mostly concerning life on other worlds, in the deep past and far future, and in alternate universes. The most popular single post seems to be my Gods of Salt (https://tinyurl.com/zr9dhzps), which is about a hypothetical version of the origin of our species involving elephants and the drying of the Mediterranean.
Ongoing projects include Tagra (https://tinyurl.com/nyuhch28, https://tagra.pinkgothic.com/) (a doomed civilization of dinosaurs in pre-glacial Antarctica) and Planet Ea (https://tinyurl.com/nat2zpbn, https://specevo.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=2786) (life on an alien planet, colonized by humans who broke into factions according to political ideologies).
Sometimes I also draw real-science infographics (https://tinyurl.com/63kjeser), the one of which I'm proudest being a summary of human evolution from the origin of life.
Thought it might be interesting to some people around here -- I did meet a couple last time :)
A friend and I made a fun little JavaScript puzzle game with a unique mechanic, check it out at hardestmaze.com (works on mobile, too!)
I'm ex-Coinbase and started a crypto company Goldfinch (https://goldfinch.finance/). Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, we're bringing crypto to the real world by connecting crypto capital with fintechs throughout the world (starting with emerging markets). We're hiring! If you are a software engineer, ops, or credit person, check out our jobs at careers.goldfinch.finance . We'd love to chat!
We are trying to be the next generation of Marginal Revolution at EconomistWritingEveryDay.com
We are mere mortals so it takes seven of us to get near the quantity of posts that Tyler and Alex do; I'll let you judge the quality. Several of us were students of theirs, and the blog recently won an Emergent Ventures prize. Recent posts have covered Covid, beer prices, and more and less successful ways to pay employees with things other than money.
I’m a financial advisor and I work on a 4 person team managing investments (~ half a billion dollars) for high net worth families. If you are thinking about a major financial move, just inherited some money, sold a business, are approaching retirement, or just have questions about investing or money issues, I’m available to talk. Focused on tech, ESG, impact investing, effective altruism and philanthropy. I will develop a basic financial plan with no fees or strings attached for SSC community members. We get paid around 1% a year on assets we manage if you bring in an account.
Clay@wealthmanagement.anonaddy.me
I'm looking for a job in the broader DC/Baltimore area, starting as soon as you need me--it could be something as basic as an administrative assistantship, but I need something that will put food on the table. My BA is in a humanities subject (Classical Languages and Linguistics, with a Russian minor), but I have a good head for numbers (perfect score on the math SAT back in 2012) and was poached to a big state school in the Midwest as a National Merit Scholar. I speak proficient (B2-C1) German and Portuguese and passable but improving Russian (B1); I can also read French, Spanish, Latin and Greek. I can code Python to a scripting level, but I think this is improvable (I recently got on ADHD medication for the first time since high school and it's improved things a *lot*.) I write quickly in a concise and elegant manner and have some experience teaching English abroad, so my customer service skills are not lacking.
If you think you might have a generic white-collar opening in the area for me, feel free to drop me a line at eateriesofub@gmail.com (that's my throwaway email; I'll respond from my real-name one.)
Do you enjoy recreational programming challenges? Check out Code Golf, https://codegolf.codidact.com, one of the communities on the Codidact network. Codidact is a community-driven, open-source project; our motto is "by the community, for the community". We're taking what we've learned from years of participation on other platforms and trying to build the next great thing. Or ok, the next good thing. I wrote about our goals in this blog post: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276296 .
We've got communities on other topics too, from software development to religion to cooking to math. We -- our communities and our network -- are small but aspiring to grow. The development team, too, is small but growing. We welcome and appreciate any help, from new community members to new communities to people interested in helping to build things. Most of us came from a place that put profits above people, and we don't want to be like that, so we're non-profit, open-source, community-driven.
There are links to all our communities and to our GitHub repo at https://codidact.org.
I am interested in finding out about the Rationalist community in Boston. Do they have a mailing list or online group?
I write about science/metascience and other topics : www.youneskamel.com
If you want to follow news about effective altruism on Twitter, there is a bot that regularly tweets new top posts from the EA Forum (twitter.com/EAForumPosts) and another one that (re-)tweets high-impact job offers (twitter.com/effective_jobs) relevant to the EA community
I write a webfiction called Headcase about a psychic superhero doing entertaining superhero things. Give it a look if you want. Or don't. It's all up to you, of course. There's no pressure.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/43792/headcase
I'm also a decent artist who sometimes takes commissions. You can check out my twitter and let me know how I'm doing at this whole creative polymath thing. I really should take up music to round it out, I know, but the earlier parts of the learning curve are always the most boring.
https://twitter.com/Shaeor1
And finally if you just want to chat, my discord ID is Shaeor#7214 and my interests are biologism, spirituality, and often moreover the unholy mixture of the two. I am single and ready to mingle if you happen to be female. 21, 6'4, 145 IQ, into fitness, but with only mediocre prospects. IE: prime rib.
Do you like giving advice? I want to know what you think about how I can do the most good in the world. I have experience in communications; am interested in data science, public policy, sociology, and linguistics; am starting college this fall and majoring in math. What projects, job opportunities, and areas of study should I prioritize?
t [dot] amarchana640 [at] gmail [dot] com
Atomic Libertarianism: Apartheid South Africa. Read my MSc thesis! 6 months of nonstop shtick. Submission in a week. I would love some thoughts/advice/edits. Also features some novel econometrics! Doc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KdLNEBw09TKfcNeS7mVNFb95lqVdqq7j/view?usp=sharing
Email me at: peter.courtney (at) wur (dot)nl
I write weird fiction action-adventure RPG adventures, weird fiction action-adventure stories, and am in the process of writing a weird fiction action-adventure poem (that doubles as an RPG adventure)
https://grandcommodore.blogspot.com/
Hi, I have just been shadowbanned from Reddit for the contents of my science blog:
https://questioner.substack.com/
I suspect that this is because the science that I write about - superforecasting and memetics - is inherently political. There is nothing in my Reddit account that violates the terms of service - I do not advocate for violate, nor do I use any slurs - so the only possible reason for my shadowbanning is my political views. You are welcome to look through my profile yourselves to confirm this: https://www.reddit.com/user/SocratesScissors
I am looking for somebody based out of Florida who would be willing to occasionally post links to my blog posts to a few subs. The reason I need them to be based out of Florida is because of robust free speech protections that fine social media companies $100k per day if they ban somebody from posting based on their political views. I want to make it very expensive for social media companies to silence people simply because they disagree with their opinions.
Please reach out to me at flint.baldirk@gmail.com if interested.
Promoting two groups that do counter-racialization work for the workplace:
Chloe Valdary (@cvaldary) runs Theory of Enchantment, which does workplace training that is aimed at inclusion and not grievance. https://theoryofenchantment.com/
Counterweight (@counter_weight_) offers counseling & scripts for people facing CRT-supported bias in the workplace.
Another workplace culture program, not just aimed at identity-focused issues, is Arbinger. https://arbinger.com/ Aimed at breaking down interpersonal barriers, and seeing strengths of other people while tackling your own challenges.
We are a brand new erotic literature platform - specifically for women by women. We're launching with an erotic literature writing competition with a cash prize of £100 for the winner. Our content is very short form - most of our stories are only a few pages. Check us out at https://tellingeros.com/
If you and your partner have an issue that might need help from a third person to figure out, I can offer to be that third person. I'm just a rando on the internet so my comparative advantage is with shameful shit that you can't discuss with friends.
My qualifications are that I've been happily married for seven years to a couples therapist, lots of friends like to turn to me for relationship advice, I speak fluent SSCish and I do it for free so I don't even need to know your names. My condition is that I need to spak to both of you at the same time - no venting about your partner while s/he isn't there.
If you want to have a call (video optional), email me at ritmag@gmail.com with "SSC Classifieds Offer" in the email title, before August 17.
I want to start a service for the self-employed, 1099, etc, that does two things. A) Invests your earnings in low-risk stuff to claw back a couple percent before the quarterly taxes kick in and B) Does this "behind the scenes", and just pays you monthly or biweekly as if you were W-2. Then helps with your taxes for you at the end of the year.
I am looking for an accountant to kick around some ideas with and potentially collaborate with. Please message me at derek@fulton.consulting.
I am building a stablecoin (a cryptocurrency with something like an automated central bank) that does not rely on any external oracle:
https://medium.com/icewatermoney/three-innovations-in-h2o-e6e9c0b51d58
If you live in Brazil and
● are a student
● are a parent
● work at / run a school, or
● just care about education,
Have a look at https://tutormundi.com
We solve the two sigma problem
Long time lurker (started reading SSC when Tyler Cowen linked a post years ago), first time poster.
I'm a process (chemical) engineer with twenty years of experience (mostly in natural gas processing, but looking to diversify) who is looking for work. Currently based in Calgary, Alberta, but will relocate as necessary.
Send an e-mail to jmvarty@hotmail.com if you would like to take a look at my resume.
I'm building a no-code builder for blockchain apps (on Ethereum) https://buildship.dev. The vision is that web3.js + solidity is quite complicated even for and we need to aggressively push down the entry barrier into *building* on blockchain.
Now I have a set of developer tools that helps with development and deployment of any blockchain app (still in private) and a plugin for publishing your own NFT collection on your website
I also have a small Telegram group, not very active right now, but if you have questions, you can ask them here: https://t.me/buildship
If your team runs hybrid meetings (some in office, some remote) then you can check us out here:
https://between.app/
Basically remote members can move their audio around the room itself, so they'll have a better vocal presence instead of everyone being squashed behind a TV.
And also, they can talk at the same time and have different conversations with people.
It's not out yet to the public though because we still have to fine tune the architecture/audio but you can sign up for a quick demo.
I'm the founder and CEO of a virtual school for children ages 8-18,
www.socraticexperience.com
Our early adopters are intellectual, creative, or entrepreneurial children who are unhappy with a conventional schooling experience. At the secondary level, our program includes two hours of conversation, one of which is more informal and focused on personal growth issues (How do we learn from our mistakes? How do we deal with annoying people? How do we think about what we want to do in life?) and another hour that is based on mostly classic texts from diverse world cultures along with some contemporary texts (our faculty is reading and discussing a chapter from Henrich's "The Secret of Our Success" tomorrow).
Students enjoy our Socratic discussions so much that they asked us to continue them over the summer. I've had students create their own groups on evenings and weekends. It turns out that discussing ideas (and reading idea-rich texts to do so) is an enjoyable activity if one is enculturated in the right way and the participants are mutually respectful. I literally wrote the book on enculturating students to discuss ideas constructively,
https://www.amazon.com/Habit-Thought-Socratic-Seminars-Practice/dp/0944337392
(available more cheaply from me than through Amazon)
Writing is based on the arguments students become engaged in during Socratics, with no teacher-assigned prompts but an overall orientation towards learning to organize one's thoughts, typically in essay format.
Math is largely self-paced using adaptive software and small coaching groups so that students can advance at their own pace, with mathematically capable students encouraged to go as fast as they can. The adaptive software days alternate with problem solving days using diverse resources, including group math competition problem sets with problem solving strategies discussed as a group so that students develop a much broader repertoire of problem solving techniques.
We straddle the boundary between "school" and "self-directed learning." Students opt in to almost everything. We offer both accredited and unaccredited high school options so that those who want grades and standard credits can get them and those that don't want them are not obliged to do so. This means that courses do not include students who hate being there. Our admissions process filters for students who want to take greater ownership over their own education. Because everything is so personalized, we can accommodate a very wide range of learners. Parents and students who want traditional structures and traditional teaching should run away.
The daily Socratic discussions on difficult texts lead to higher than average SAT verbal gains. We provide optional SAT administrations in high school using free Khan Academy practice tests three times per year starting in grade 9, so that students who are working towards selective college admissions have plenty of time to crank up their scores if they choose to do so. Because we tend to attract creatives and humanists (80%) more than STEM geeks, often they find that their verbal scores are much higher than their math scores - and then they decide to work hard to crank up their math scores.
Although we offer some cool science courses internally ("The science of video games," taught by a math ABD, "Self Optimization" based in part on the Quantified Self movement) we also support students in taking courses from the immense world of MOOCS and other virtual providers. Likewise with history, foreign language, etc.
All students are expected to be working on projects based on their interests. In middle school, the projects are modest and simply fun for students to do and share with their peers. By senior year, however, they are expected to do substantial real world projects. Stossel did a good video showing some of the projects at one of my pre-COVID bricks-and-morter schools,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdL8VCcN0IE
The weekly mentoring sessions are often focused on helping students develop more substantial projects over time. This is a long, slow process. Cal Newport's perspective on how to get into Stanford with Bs on your transcript, based on the psychology of impressiveness, is very similar to how I think of great projects and college admissions,
https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/26/how-to-get-into-stanford-with-bs-on-your-transcript-failed-simulations-the-surprising-psychology-of-impressiveness/
The program is based on my thirty-five years in education starting with Mortimer Adler's Paideia project, moving on through Montessori education (including founding the high school model for the largest Montessori chain in the US), creating a school for highly gifted children at which middle school students passed AP exams, and creating a charter school in Angel Fire, NM, that was ranked the 36th best public high school in the U.S. on Newsweek's Challenge Index.
More on my background and perspective here (somewhat dated),
https://thepurposeofeducation.wordpress.com/about-michael-strong/
In addition to students from like minded families. I'm also raising more capital from aligned investors. Ping me at michael@socraticexperience.com if you have a child who may be a good fit or if you are interested in partnering as an investor.
I am a self-taught novice data scientist with a sideline in machine learning. I'm about at the level where I can put together crude computer vision systems. I will take on small-scale, interesting projects for free; all I ask for is the right to use those projects as part of my portfolio when I look for a new job.
I made and sell a debating card game on the side, to have (usually entertainingly ridiculous) discussions with assorted fallacies, biases and shoddy reasoning - currently available in German only, though the English version is ready for production and I'm only stalling because I don't want to use Amazon for distribution (suggestions for this are welcome).
https://rhetorisches-quartett.de/
(this thread comes at the inopportune moment where I am on holiday, my hoster renewed certificates and did something wrong, and so https isn't working - hopefully this has been fixed by the time you read this)
I've just started a company with a coworker and im too excited to not share it.
www.030solutions.com
Drop me a line if you are a electrical utility, have a distributed infrastructure to be mapped or like lazers or AI!
I'm looking for a job and would love to work with someone in this community, especially in the impact world or around topics relevant to the rationalist community.
I write copy and content in the medical / pharma spaces but have written across blockchain and biotech. I've worked with top brands like Colgate and have direct clinical experience, along with a publication record in professional pharmaceutical research.
nicholairoscoe.com
Thanks for reading!
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Hello all,
I'm a traditionally published novelist whose work often involves a character's rational understanding of a situation butting heads against her irrational instincts about how to react in that situation, and I always strive to be aware of cognitive biases (my own and my characters') in my writing. I'm posting here because, anecdotally, people who are drawn to rationality seem to enjoy my work.
My first novel, The Last One, is about a woman who is on a reality TV show when the world ends, and she thinks it's all just part of the show. The book was published in 25 languages, selected as a Seattle Times Best Book of 2016, and was a finalist for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards (in the science-fiction category).
My second novel, Forget Me Not, just came out a few months ago and is about a woman who shouldn't exist--she was born to replace a dead older sister she never knew about and then essentially abandoned to raise herself on an isolated, rural property. Upon escaping this property at the age of twelve, she became a social media sensation (in all the worst ways), and now, as an adult, she's an anxious, agoraphobic recluse who lives in complete terror of being recognized. The story starts with her hesitantly striking up a friendship with a new neighbor, a charismatic data scientist who introduces her to the escapism and wonder of VR. Then there is a mysterious fire at her childhood home, which draws her back into the public eye, and everything kinda takes off from there...
Anyway, I'm a big fan of the site. If either of my books sound like they're up your alley, you can check them out here:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/530330/the-last-one-by-alexandra-oliva/9781101966839/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/531190/forget-me-not-by-alexandra-oliva/9781101966846/
Thanks!
I write a serial adventure novel in the Cathayan martial arts and Occidental fantasy traditions.
Li Bai, van Beethoven, Radioaktivität.
Tang Dynasty, Magna Germania, Marie Skłodowska Curie.
Gnomen, J. Alfred Prufrock, Jómsborg Vikings.
https://feikayser.substack.com/p/when-a-girl-is-seventeen
A discord about financial independence through crypto and side businesses
discord.gg/K6WfHphzBj
I occasionally blog here: https://www.tbbakker.nl/#posts on topics relating machine learning and Bayesian probability theory. I'm a PhD student in machine learning, with a background in physics.
Current posts contain musings on Bayesian probability theory as 'the one true way of doing inference', and how to get to modern-day ML from there. Writing these really helped me get a good sense of how those two disparate islands of knowledge relate, so I thought I'd share.
Side note for Scott if he reads this: Initially thought this sort of thread wouldn't be interesting; turned out it was pretty cool.
I own a small company that makes custom coins/belt buckles/poker chips/bottle openers, etc. - Most of our customers are military or police, but if anyone here needs something custom like this, please reach out to me. www.kiddercorp.com
I write stuff on health care policy for the Niskanen Center:
https://www.niskanencenter.org/author/robert-orr/
I blog at: https://www.someweekendreading.blog.
I'm a recently retired scientist: PhD in theoretical physics, worked in machine learning and statistics. For the last 20 or so years, I've worked in cancer research (which gene to target, in which disease, in which patients, and how to construct a biomarker that predicts response to therapy).
I blog about a variety of things (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/about) including pharmaceutical research, what to believe about statistics in the news, random bits of physics, random quotes I've found useful over the years (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/quotes/), and some politics (if there's a quantitative angle). The tags page (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/tags/) is sort of a subject index to posts.
My blog has been consumed with COVID news, and I look forward to the day when I can write about ANYTHING else!
Some suggested entry points on:
COVID: using wastewater viral RNA as a predictive biomarker for medical loads (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/wastewater-redux/), vaccines and variants (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/variants-vs-vaccines/), reading the mRNA sequence in the vaccines (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/reading-mrna-vaccines/), the thrombosis fiasco (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/covid-vaccines-and-clots/) and other related risk rates (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/jnj-thrombosis-pause/), live-blogging the vaccine approvals (Pfizer: https://www.someweekendreading.blog/beautiful-vaccines/, their efficacy confidence interervals: https://www.someweekendreading.blog/pfizer-vaccine-efficacy-confidence-intervals/, Moderna: https://www.someweekendreading.blog/beautiful-vaccines-2/, JnJ: https://www.someweekendreading.blog/jnj-vaccine-vrbpac-review/), and why statins seem to help treating COVID-19 (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/covid-vs-statins-ace-inhibitors/).
Random bits of science: the "Wow!" signal and a modern star catalog (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/wow-signal/).
Using math to think about politics: whether the Boston Police Department is racially different from Boston (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/bpd-racial-makeup/), calming my election jitters with the Beta-Binomial distribution (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/night-of-the-living-beta-binomials/), whether COVID infects one clade of politicians more than another (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/covid-loves-republicans/), factors influencing impeachment votes by Senators (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/republican-impeachment-votes/), who voted & who didn't and how sure we are about that (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/who-voted/).
Random weird or beautiful stuff: Dracula tourism in Romania and vaccines (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/dracula-vaccine/), parasailing with raptors (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/free-bird/), Pi Day and continued fractions (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/pi-day/), how Dolly Parton earned my respect somewhat to my surprise (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/i-guess-i-like-dolly-parton/), getting struck by lightning while in a clinical trial and reporting severe adverse events (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/moderna-struck-by-lightning/), some thoughts on the solstice and orbital mechanics (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/solstice-vs-dodds-day/), why my cat is the trans male reincarnation of an Egyptian cat goddess (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/le-chat-noir/), and the best video summary of the pandemic year (https://www.someweekendreading.blog/pandemic-in-retrospect/).
That's probably more than you want to know. :-)
It's one of those weird blogs actually hosted at GitHub, with pages generated from a repository of (mostly) markdown. That part was actually kind of fun, though I'm still figuring it out. So the layout is... "rudimentary".
Everything you need to know about Universal Basic Income:
https://tinyurl.com/UBIMD
I write a niche webcomic about fantasy novels and computer games, come be one of our 20 readers! http://involuntarybookclub.thecomicseries.com/
I write a weekly digest of things worth paying attention to across tech, finance, media and art https://gokhansahin.substack.com/p/curated-content-for-busy-folk-43
Here's my 20-year-old blog on D&D and mythological feline hybrid creatures, plus a little humor. https://cayzle.com
I am a physical therapist in Portland, Oregon.
I have a portable table and can travel reasonable distances. I can do TeleRehab, though I recommend going to a local practioner in your area if you need manual therapy for pain issues.
My staff and I have all had our vaccines.
https://patrick-franko-pt-llc.business.site
Check out my podcast
https://spoti.fi/3Ccb5W2
Listen to my podcast The Mind Killer! https://mindkiller.substack.com/
We cover the news from the last 2 weeks from a rationalist perspective. Co-hosted by Eneasz Brodski (of the Bayesian Conspiracy and the Methods of Rationality podcast) and David from the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord server.
Read my (super inactive) blog: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c646140
Every year, state and local economic development agencies hand out an estimated $95 billion in tax abatements, grants and other forms of targeted economic development subsidies. For context, that's enough to fund the 11 smallest state budgets, combined.
The nonprofit organization I lead, the Center for Economic Accountability (www.economicaccountability.org), works to bring transparency, accountability and market-based reforms to state and local economic development programs across the country. We base our education and advocacy efforts on a growing body of research from across the ideological spectrum that finds these subsidies to be ineffective at best and harmful at worst at "creating jobs" or fostering economic prosperity.
We've collected a selection of the research here for anyone interested: https://economicaccountability.org/research-resources/, and are always happy to talk to researchers working in this space or local activists interested in addressing what's going on in their community. You can follow us on Twitter at @accountableecon.
Special offer to fellow ACT readers: email me your mailing address at info@economicaccountability.org and I'll send you a free "PAY FOR YOUR OWN DAMN STADIUM" sticker. Currently available in Oakland A's, Washington Football Team and generic red-white-n-blue colors.
Hi I've started a newsletter on drones.
You can find it at https://propwash.nihalmohan.com/
I share some news and reports on the drone space, and occasionally write some longer investigative pieces like this one - https://propwash.nihalmohan.com/issues/propwash-7-how-a-ufo-sighting-shut-down-a-major-airport-and-drones-were-blamed-691855
Hi, I'm a rising Junior in computer science looking for an internship for this fall or next summer. I've built a couple really cool projects including an optimized interpreter for (most of) prolog and a script that solves the 8-puzzle using a pattern database. This summer I'm building a React/Typescript project for SoftBank's Masason AI incubator. Let me know if you have anything!
github: github.com/leo-ware
email: leoware at minerva dot kgi dot edu
I have started a Substack. Some posts will be free while others will be paid. Currently I plan to review the following books:
*The Cambridge History of Latin America*, Volumes 1 and 2
*Saburo Ienaga’s The Pacific War: 1931-1945*
Richard von Glahn’s *The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century*
Walter Lippmann's *Public Opinion*
I'm working on a product called Runbooks (https://runbooks.app). It's a team productivity website/app that combines a user manual with a checklist. I created it based upon years of experience running software / DevOps teams where it's common to have detailed technical processes that greatly benefit from using checklists both to ensure correctness and repeatability. The product also provides a nice dashboard to know what everyone is working on, and email notifications as work progresses to coordinate between people working on the same task.
I guess I might as well advertise our company's product, a genome viewer:
https://web.persephonesoft.com/?bookmark=BB9B3520505E52DBA7366C0F1F2A58E4
Just to scale down your expectations, this is a low-level tool aimed at biologists; it cannot tell you what diseases you're likely to have or where your ancestors came from or which medicine is best for your condition. But it will let you zoom in smoothly from bird's-eye view of multiple chromosomes down into individual nucleotides, without having to wait several minutes between mouse wheel clicks. It can also run BLAST in real time, either to show local alignment or to perform a search across multiple genomes; plus a lot of other useful things.
Here's a video tutorial to get you started (narrated by my boss):
https://persephonesoft.com/an-18-min-video-presentation-on-web-persephone/
Before you ask, yes, I do realize that we have some gaps in functionality; for example, we currently cannot display VCF files or QTLs. We should have those done relatively soon, along with other features such rich export and the Synteny Matrix.
If you are interested (and can afford to pay), our team will help you install and maintain the full stack in-house (really it's just a Docker container); this way, if you're working for a large corporation, you can rest assured that no proprietary data will ever leave your company firewall. We can also host it for you (and your team) in AWS, if that's what you'd prefer. You can leave us a quick message here:
https://persephonesoft.com/contact/
i bought an electric bass more or less on impulse but partially because i need a new hobby. i am looking for a teacher who can get me started. so far it's been youtube. i would prefer in person - i live in Brooklyn (near carroll street stop on the F) but could travel a little bit.
I’m a violinist/violist based in New York. (Grad student at Juilliard) I play weddings, do recordings and I teach. I have had a lot of success teaching over zoom, both children and adults of all levels. If you’re looking for a teacher/performer you can contact me at megardiner124@gmail.com
Also feel free to contact me if you’re a fellow ACT reader in the NY area looking to meet new people! I’m always interested in making new friends here.
If you know some basic Java programming, and you wonder how to get from there to actually programming *games*, my new blog has some advice for you (so far, two posts). https://kittenlord.substack.com/archive
Each post comes with a full Maven project in Git, so that you can see everything in full context, and run it on your computer.
Hi - do you need some artwork on your plain bare walls so that your space feels..well …just better? If so, check out my art at Https://www.margaretwithers.com/paintings
Check out whynotparliamentarism.com
A case for the most successful "-ism" in history, which unfortunately has too few advocates.
Looking for a psychologist/educator to chat with about a gifted 10-year-old boy. Trying to understand what good paths look like for him, and how to help him find his.
⚡💡 UK based, created a card game about the energy mix! Looking for teachers to trial & use the game in classrooms when we finish developing the next version.
https://www.curieus.games/ - e-mail us: team@curieus.games 🌟
Hah - sure why not - Boston area (Cambervilleford particularly) area human / esoteric massage therapist - If you're looking for a well reviewed MT who can also discuss rationalist adjacent issues feel free to reach out -
http://thaitherapybymary.com
Though also potentially interested in ACT interested people who are also nature-outdoors-foraging-etc. interested!
I play a lot of board games, and it can be socially tricky to choose games that everyone is honestly happy with, especially when you split into multiple tables. So a friend and I made http://whatdoweplay.com to help. See http://whatdoweplay.com/howitworks for how it works.
I'm the director of Euler Circle (https://eulercircle.com/), which is a mathematics institute dedicated to teaching college-level mathematics classes to high-school students. Traditionally, classes have been held in person in Palo Alto, California, but we're temporarily online while COVID case numbers remain very high, so students from around the world are welcome. In the fall, we'll have classes on proofs in number theory, linear and abstract algebra, and generating functions.
Secretum Secretorum substack - https://rogersbacon.substack.com
Scientific and Philosophical Absurdities - Proposed, Considered, Rejected.
Seeds of Science - theseedsofscience.org - is a new open access peer-reviewed journal and community aimed at publishing short speculative articles and commentaries in a non-traditional format. Peer review is crowdsourced voting and commenting from our diverse network of "Gardeners" from across science. Become an author or gardener (free to join) today!
https://RelationshipHero.com
I made a pretty popular service for conveniently booking relationship coaching sessions
https://BloatedMVP.com
I made a website talking about how most startups fail the same way
Wave (https://www.wave.com/en/) is currently hiring software engineers and product managers. Come work with us to improve the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa by making payments dramatically cheaper and faster. If you're reading this blog chances are good that you'll fit right in!
Check out https://www.wave.com/en/blog/world/, or reply here if you're interested.
I really like this classifieds thread. ACT is such a marvelous community. I need to dig deeper because I can see so many things to follow up with. (Yes I also have ADHD!) I also wanted to invite anyone who has a deep interest in technology investing and evaluating companies that might be looking to work with me I'd love to hear from you. I had a career at IBM and one on Wall Street as a research analyst and left all that to work on my own years ago. We run a service called IPO Candy which we have expanded to include SPAC IPO names (SPACvest) and we are launching a few more in other areas. I have done most of the work myself but have a small support team that helps. I've run it a bit like a "lifestyle" business but with two kids looking at private colleges I am working on ramping it up into a more "real" business. It would be more fun to do with new collaborators or partners. If the plan works out it would generate a decent income and most importantly be fun and create lots of value for investors looking for the best ideas in emerging growth areas. You can email me at kris at ipocandy.com if you'd like to.
Strategy and Leadership in High-Growth Startups.
If you have founded or lead a post series A, high-growth tech startup and are committed to fulfilling your vision, let's talk. I provide
a scenario-based approach to developing a cause and effect strategy-- and to articulating it on a one-page map. We'll help you share it throughout your organization for the most holistic and effective execution.
Our second focus is on helping you and your leadership team to grow and expand your capacity as fast as your company is growing. You don't have time for a 20-year learning trajectory. Our executive coaching produces extraordinary leadership through the lens of both ontology and integrity. Great leaders cultivate extraordinary teams and they produce unprecedented results.
Contact me for an abbreviated, complimentary coaching session, or strategy advisory conversation.
I blog at https://BeyondBetter.io Its distribution is currently about 7,500. I hope you'll subscribe.
Pet project to advocate bitcoin adoption in my
Hometown:
https://bitcoin4cincy.com/
Always on the lookout for people in Dublin or the surrounding counties who are interested in SSC/rationalism. I attend a recurring SSC meetup - if you're interested in coming along, give me a shout and I'll add you to our Telegram group.
Drone-doom metal fused with traditional Irish singing. FFO Sunn O))), Bloody Panda, Boris.
https://fosmetal.bandcamp.com/
Indie rock FFO Interpol, Bloc Party, Death Cab for Cutie.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/53P1Bl2rw4pubz11iB0Gub
Hello, o random internet traveller coming across this post. Do you have a minute?
If you do, I'd like to tell you about this blog I recently started.
https://aetherialporosity.wordpress.com
This is a sort of thing I've wanted to do for a while, but had always found excuses not to - probably partly out of a certain fear of cyber-ridicule. Well, no more. Ridiculous or not, it's out there.
Do you know me? If you do, I have this to say for it: it contains thoughts of mine, ostensibly about physics, Portugal (of course), and poetry; but possibly about other topics too. If you like these topics, or generally think there is interest in the thoughts I air or my perspective on things, this may be for you. If you don't know me, how do you know I'm not a super interesting person whose thoughts on random stuff you'd like to read? Check it out and see for yourself.
I hope you check it out - and if you do, I hope you like it.
See you around! (New posts come in roughly monthly, except for times of particularly tough workload - and holidays.)
I blog about American and European politics at https://atlanticsentinel.com
If any of y'all likes puzzles and specifically puzzle games, check out this Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/ZkV2zdb
We analyse common psephology (study of elections) methods, like uniform swing pendulums and economic factors, as well as make our own forecasts. We've written on using Bayesian statistics in polling (https://armariuminterreta.site/2021/02/20/outliers-in-bayesian-statistics/), Dark Side Election Modelling (https://armariuminterreta.site/2021/07/20/how-to-overfit-election-models/)
We've done some analysis of the impact of the pandemic on elections globally, we've taken a thorough swing at Shy Tory bias in polls, and we occasionally model counterfactuals, such as Ross Perot's unexpected ascendency to 3rd-party president (model: https://armariuminterreta.site/2020/12/12/perot-win-1992/; alternate history: https://armariuminterreta.site/2021/02/26/the-breakdown-of-the-1996-party-system/)
I make a regular podcast about architectural history and culture https://aboutbuildingsandcities.org/
Looking for recommendations for psychiatrists or therapists based in London, UK.
Are you interested in designing your own board game? How about an _online_ board game? (Think codenames.game, skribbl.io, or our very own http://oneword.games)
My cofounder and I have been working on a platform that lets you build your own online game, with a minimal coding experience necessary. We provide a drag&drop interface and handle all the server stuff; you bring the game idea. Want to try it out? Reach out to austin@oneword.games (or sign up for updates at http://oneword.games/platform)!
I write about anything that sparks my curiosity.
http://garden.johnraptis.dev
Here's my podcast where a friend and I blather about books we just read:
https://bookschmooze.com
It already has one episode with over twenty downloads 🦄 😎 #fame
This is a long shot, but I'll will try anyway. 😛
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman seeking ultra-Orthodox Jewish man. I'm a software engineer by trade, curious, and love to learn. I'm yeshivish and have been lurking in the SSC and rationalist community for years.
I post Data Science/Data Analysis challenges/games on LessWrong; the handful of people who play them seem to really like them, and I'm hoping to get a wider audience by posting here.
You can access them all from my account at https://www.lesswrong.com/users/abstractapplic. The best one to start with is probably "D&D.Sci II: The Sorceror's Personal Shopper" (challenge: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Y9FcNzWqczbfqcPQ3/d-and-d-sci-ii-the-sorceror-s-personal-shopper, answer key: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cbmS7wkdFzka7SkvN/d-and-d-sci-ii-evaluation-and-ruleset).
This is a really long shot ... but I'll mention this anyway!
Are there any senior doctors, nurses, health professionals here who have a worry about the safety aspects of Handover (aka 'handoff' in the US) and transitions of care?
We have developed an clever system to replace and enhance handover sheets (also called rounding sheets or sign-out sheets in the US)
www.careful.online.
Anyone interested is welcome to contact us through the website.
Best wishes
DJ
Two things:
Rational Review News Digest (the freedom movement's daily newspaper since 1991) -- http://news.rationalreview.com
William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism -- http://thegarrisoncenter.org
A solicitation to shill your note-taking app/strategy. Personally, I like to see video content of how your app/strategy is actually being used.
I would like to thank the person who advertised my #Art4effectivedonations project (in Slate Star Codex, April 2019): https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/04/03/classified-thread-7/#comment-737805
It gave this project a large boost!
Thank you! :)
I make music, of many kinds. And I write about it and the world around it. http://jsegel.bandcamp.com is maybe the best place to start. Or JonathanSegel.com
Looking to date in London. Looking for a woman who is clever, kind and poly. I'm tall, like organising events and EAish. Message me @nathanpmyoung on Twitter
Creating codex 10 community in northern Europe. For ideas and reach out, you can write
to eatleaf at protonmaildotcom
Readers may enjoy my blog: https://samenright.com/. I write in-depth book reviews, as well as posts about jazz, philosophy, and economics. The blog is funded by Emergent Ventures and I'm in the MR links sometimes. Thanks!
We take complex medical papers in AI & healthcare and summarise them in easy to understand terms: explainthispaper.com
Investment opportunity. 100+% return p.a. Minimum ticket 100k. Detailed information only on per request basis.
Tailoring/dressmaking services available. Based in London but can ship worldwide.
Having an item custom-made for you is more expensive than buying off the rack, but it allows you to get exactly what you want - even if that item doesn't exist yet. For example, my latest custom order is a sleeveless cross between a judo gi and zapp brannigan's uniform made from psychedelic-patterned silk: funky leisurewear for hot days.
I have been writing a blog for the past 4 months - https://ilearned.substack.com, where I archive interesting things that I discovered from blogs, books and podcasts. I started this for myself to better retain the things that I am learning, I hope some of you find it useful too.
There is no limitation per se on the topics, though so far, I have mostly written about finance/investments, business strategy, psychology (in consumer choices, or within organizations) or philosophy.
www.susanhunterpsychotherapy.com - U.K. based and work internationally. Reminding people (we know how, many have just forgotten due to their conditioning) how to be a good friend to themselves and more, to cherish and celebrate ourselves (without becoming narcissists). It’s the magic switch that makes us automatically more loving and towards others, more appreciative of everything, end self sabotage, and we end up dumping all that is bunk and often earning more too as we feel more confident and deserving of it. What’s not to like :-)
I have nothing to declare but my genius 😉
On second thoughts I also host a weekly science-based acoustic gig / singalong/ chat on Zoom - Super Blurry Astronaut LIVE - usually Wednesday or Thursday 8pm UK time. I post details of each week’s theme and crowdsource suggestions for songs on Monday via various science comms networks and on FB eg https://facebook.com/events/s/super-blurry-astronaut-live-la/2956979244545641/ (yesterday’s gig on lachrymosity).
Do join… or email me to join the list.
Editing Services
Competitive pricing, no minimums. Happy to provide a free sample edit up to 750 words. Master’s degree from UC Berkeley.
Pricing examples for standard nonfiction:
- Developmental editing @ $0.03/word
- Line editing @ $0.03/word
- Proofreading + copy editing @ $0.025/word
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I write a blog at: https://escapingflatland.substack.com/
I'm looking for someone with experience and expertise in dealing with long-running anhedonia.
I've had long-running anhedonia (about 11 years) that's done a great job ignoring everything I've thrown at it, from diet to exercise, medication to meditation. The objective aspects of my life are in good shape (social life, career, family, physical health), but like a light switch 11 years ago, pleasure and joy just kinda disappeared. I've got a therapist and psychiatrist, and am looking for either:
- Your experiences overcoming anhedonia
- Recommended reading on how anhedonia operates
- Pointers to bizarre treatments or out-of-the-way experts in anhedonia
My email address is hixgrigby@gmail.com -- Thanks for anything you decide to offer!
I am looking for Platonic Friends. I am not lonely. I'm already in a committed, monogamous relationship. I am also probably already too busy anyway. However, I can always use to add more people to my friend group, or mix things up further with more types of stimulation.
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth (but I am open to pen-pals)
Career: Analytics
My interests include philosophy, social sciences(especially economics), religious studies, business, technology(especially data/analytics). I also like video games(specifically RPGs) and anime.
To flesh this out, I mentally came of age to GMU economists, early Less Wrong, as well as Calvinistic Christianity, and the new atheists. I am an atheist, but have a reasonably strong understanding of Protestant theology, as well as philosophy of religion. In my free-time, I run discussions on various topics in religion and philosophy. Honestly, I tend to see religious studies as something like a discussion of weird garbage, but sometimes it can be interesting or illuminating. (Also, I think 80% of the Bible is badly written. Paul is a good author, and Ecclesiastes is well-written, but Augustine is probably smarter than both)
Additionally, I was an economics student in college because I find the social sciences fascinating. Over time, I have molded this interest in the social sciences to an interest in business studies. (Think Peter Drucker, Clay Christensen, and HBR) Additionally, I have developed a strong professional interest in technology. I also organize events to discuss business and technology concepts in my area.
What I am seeking is just more interesting people to bounce ideas off of, ideally in a less confrontational setting. I'm also ~90% less pretentious than I'm coming off here, and hopefully 25-75% more competent.
My email is ryanwagen@yahoo.com. If you're interested, then I look forward to hearing from you.
Published my book today on the 50th anniversary of the end of the gold standard and the birth of fiat money in August 1971 https://www.zvi.net/money. The book explores money, how it drives the economy, and why since 2008 trillions of dollars, euros, yen have been printed but not spent.
I just published a memoir about my wife's project to build a house after being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BV8MSKR.
Reverse Classifieds possibly an open dev post: daytime babycare
With COVID-19 scares and a lot of lower wage folk on the sidelines due to all the handouts, how would you recommend finding what amounts to a day time nanny in San Antonio (don't like these nanny websites) who will feed and change a 3 month to 1 year old from say 7am to 3pm?
Issue being MIL fearful of abusive childcare providers or deriliction of duty, etc.
I'm a life coach. First session free. Take it as an opportunity for me to orient you towards various kinds of interior work you could be doing to be more awesome and no obligation to work with me.
You can find my blog here: www.bearlamp.com.au or just email me at redeliot at gmail to make a time. Mention acx to help me know who you are.
I overlap with the operational effect of therapists, with a bit more freedom because I'm not actually a therapist. I moved my identity through rationality, meditation, post-rationality, therapy of various kinds and ended up pretty damn good at solving problems both on the explicit, deliberate, coaching level and on the embodied, somatic, field-of-awareness level.
I specifically work across an embarrassingly large number of models, systems and theories because I couldn't make myself specialise. These include: Internal Family Systems therapy, directly working with emotions (fear, anger, sadness), meditative practices (including awareness, embodiment, noting, somatics, jhana and more), developmental systems (keegan, stages, spiral dynamics, integral), weird energy systems (like chakras, meridians, somatics), shadow work, and more that I haven't called to mind just now.
As an example of the kind of work I do. I recently talked to someone who had trouble organising their reactions to a psychedelic trip and helped to place their capacity to approach the "scary" phenomena and permit them to reprocess things.
I talked to someone a week ago who found himself in a drama triangle with a work colleague and his boss. We talked about the aspects of the triangle and the healthy triangle and how it deeply connects to his upbringing with his sibling, the compelling nature of drama and how he had a role to play in perpetuating the drama because he was just so fascinated by it, and also how it's up to him what he wants to do now that he's found himself here, if he wants to continue the job or not, and that it is salvageable but may require some effort.
I talked to someone a few weeks ago running a startup and caught in unworthiness procrastination loops. We examined where they came from and found them in highschool, we sat with them emotionally and they softened in a way that the situation is workable and there is not as much procrastination as before.
I talked to someone who kept finding friends boring, we talked about the conditions being set up in judging friends which made them accidentally show up as boring and how to facilitate more interestingness in the people being met.
I talked to someone with 10 years of chronic pain. We processed each of fear, anger and sadness until they were less of a restriction on her. We talked about how the chronic pain is at least partially a deliberate defence mechanism for her because the exterior world is "bad" and "scary". Since then there's been less pain and she's enjoying life more.
I talked to a guy who I sensed had heaps of capacity but wasn't stepping up. I told him to "be more awesome", which he knew, he did on the spot by "stepping into the spotlight" per-se. within a month he had gotten a new job, moved city, and was having an awesome time. (he had done a great deal of personal work but hadn't realised how much he could just be more awesome).
Everyone's story is different and yet there's something of a universal human pattern to the stories. I love to see the humanity in all of us and to undo the knots of the mind.
I wrote a book on personal finance for absolute beginners on modest incomes, starting from basics like debt, emergency funds and budgeting, leading up to investing in index funds and getting good advice.
The preview available for free on Amazon contains a comprehensive chapter summary so you can see whether this book suits your needs, or perhaps the needs of your profligate nephew:
https://www.amazon.com/Poor-Mans-Guide-Financial-Freedom-ebook/dp/B086YHWV8C
Thanks for having a classifieds post.
Follow me on twitter twitter.com/jackklika I post only strange screenshots from the internet, no opinions.
teamspeak3: 79.136.87.88
I'm very handsome and you should follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/armanddoma
Full-hookup RV spots by the month in SANTA CRUZ (pleasure point) in my underground backyard urban farm 0.5mile from the beach. Amazing location. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/sub/d/santa-cruz-rv-spots-on-urban-farm-2mi/7359130185.html
Check out my curated progressive/intellectual aggregator, LeftTimes -- sources range from ACX to Marxists in all media formats. There's also iOS and Android apps. https://lefttimes.org/
I have a blog on a wide variety of topics, including:
Descriptions of SCIENCE for a broad audience:
- Long series on Chaos Theory ( http://thechaostician.com/what-is-chaos-part-i-introduction/ ) and Relativity ( http://thechaostician.com/gravity-is-geometry-parts-i-ii/ )
- Shorter posts on Fractals ( http://thechaostician.com/fractal-dimensions/ ) and Entropy ( http://thechaostician.com/entropy/ )
- A post for children on Why is the Sky Blue? ( http://thechaostician.com/why-is-the-sky-blue/ )
Books Review, including:
- Seeing Like A State by James C. Scott ( http://thechaostician.com/book-review-of-seeing-like-a-state-by-james-c-scott-1998/ )
- The Sovereign State and Its Competitors by Hendrik Spruyt ( http://thechaostician.com/book-review-of-the-sovereign-state-and-its-competitors-by-hendrik-spruyt-1994/ )
- Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson ( http://thechaostician.com/book-review-of-creative-evolution-by-henri-bergson-1907/ )
- Capital in the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Piketty ( http://thechaostician.com/book-review-of-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-by-thomas-piketty/ )
- The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony ( http://thechaostician.com/book-review-of-the-horse-the-wheel-and-language-by-david-w-anthony-2007/ )
For the 2% of you who are Mormons, there are also some religious posts you might find interesting:
- A Data Driven Recent History of Missionary Work ( http://thechaostician.com/a-data-driven-recent-history-of-missionary-work/ )
- Ex Nihilo Creation of Religion ( http://thechaostician.com/ex-nihilo-creation-of-religion/ )
Looking for remote devs to work on a platform for ML code, fellow digital nomad asx readers to meet, MRI or ETI technicians with track record of publishing novel imaging work, anyone that has a stronger than random opinion about ideal BF pct target once you get bellow 15, someone that enjoys Asimov and wants to illustrate a fiction book. george at cerebralab.com
I perform part-time outsourced CFO services and advise multiple startups, and I absolutely love it. If you are looking for FP&A help, I’d be happy to have a chat.
I mainly focus on consumer products and technology, but finance is finance, and I’m flexible on industry.
mattlybbert at gmail dot com
I'm an investor; mostly angel scale. Send me your pitches at winterindustries####@gmail.com except replace the hashtags with "1784".
I'm looking for work as a data analyst. I have
-2 years experience as a data analyst supporting a team of QA engineers
-masters in psychology
-good at Excel and translating between data and non-data info
-self-sufficient (know enough to google what I don't know) with R and SQL
Open to any industry but especially interested in work related to decision making or consumer behavior.
If your company is looking for someone like me, please contact me at LukeZhao9 (at) protonmail (dot) com.
I wrote a speculative novel. Sent out thirteen query letters - got rejected by seven so far. Six more to go. Wish me luck! If I don't find an agent, I'll self-publish.
Just dropping a backlink. https://www.va-nutshell.com
Shilling my blog. BCIs! Psychedelic fiction! Robots! Come one, come all. https://howthehell.substack.com/
I work as a privacy lawyer in Canada (https://www.frankprivacy.com/). If you work for a business operating in Canada (or thinking of expanding), I would love to help.
I'm organizing a techno-optimist short story writing competition! Would love to get submissions from any Astral Codex 10 readers interested in creative writing, and I would greatly appreciate you subscribing if you're interested in reading the top submissions. https://myrielmedia.substack.com/p/call-for-short-stories
I wrote a fairy tale about the invention of calculus: https://markmywords.substack.com/p/short-fiction-isaac-newton-and-the
My company is currently hiring for a ton of new positions. Early stage AI startup in the transactions space, open to remote work, keen to learn culture. If interested, please contact me at thomas dot stearns26 at gmail dot com
https://deep-labs.com/careers/
Are you a rationalist running for office? $1 gets you your first hour of campaign consulting; you'll be glad you did. JRM, longtime resident o' these comment pages and recently elected judge, can give a reference. I've been doing campaign consulting for more than a decade and been point on over a dozen small-time campaigns, and this is me doing my part to raise the sanity waterline.
Written a book or other major work that you're proud enough of to wish it were typo-free? My previous hats include law review editor, newspaper editor, medical devices technical writer and project manager and current hats include fiction editor and English-translation polisher. If you're small-time and flexible about when I get around to your work, my low-end rate is competitive for the quality I offer: $40/hr. If you need a turnaround measured in days or weeks, my rates are industry competitive.
Email me at k*h*meck at gmail, except remove the asterisks.
I've written a pair of posts on fundamental ideas in biochemistry/biophysics, starting from classic papers. They're aimed at a basic college-level physics & chemistry background. I'm looking for feedback on the tone & style before I write more.
1. www.devonstork.com/p/life-at-low-reynolds-number
2. www.devonstork.com/p/kinetic-proofreading
Graphic Arts Mercenary for hire: https://www.swihura.net
I'm a data analyst looking for startups or similar high-growth organizations. I've analyzed spreadsheets for 3+ years, and I've practiced daily to broaden my skillset to include programming (Python, R, SQL), case studies, and (recently) contributing to open-source projects, like Kaggle competitions.
Currently located near Huntsville, but open to relocation (and remote, of course). Full-time work is preferred, but part-time / flexible hours aren't entirely off the table.
If you're curious, email me at jarrettvickers2@gmail.com for resume/portfolio.
Hi! I'm Misha. I have three things to classify:
1. I've been having a lot of fun doing photography, and I'm interested in excuses to travel. If you have projects such as photo journalism or wildlife research (ideally with only moderate amounts of hiking), I would be very interested in helping out with that sort of thing.
2. I'm single, and looking for a long-term partner. I'm heteroflexible but mostly into women, live in Madison Wisconsin, and am open to having kids.
3. I'm interested in start-up investing, particularly at the angel stage, and I'm always happy to read pitches.
A mini-portfolio and contact info can be found on drethelin.com
I have a blog: https://denovo.substack.com/
It's about anything I find interesting, which these days is mostly biology / biotech. Currently I'm writing a series on the human herpesviruses.
Even if you're not interested in them, they're interested in you!
I'm a freshly minted PGY-1 Psychiatry resident in the US looking to make friends with other psych residents (or just psychiatrists) who frequent blogs like this. I am writing this post spontaneously, but I think it might be cool to form a small group that can trade/discuss research papers in the field, bitch about residency, share experiences/advice while we learn how to become independent physicians, and maybe even meet up at conferences.
If this sounds like a thing you might be into, drop me a line at: nilskwendel@gmail.com
Torchship: A hard SF adventure story. An undercover agent joins the crew of a interstellar freighter to deliver cargo in a galaxy scarred by AI rebellions. Pilots are forced to use slide rules to navigate their ships while gamers face death if they evade the restrictions on their computers. Finalist for the Prometheus Award for best libertarian SF novel.
Available as ebook, paperback, and audiobook: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0195ZSG4W/
And in an omnibus with the sequels Torchship Pilot and Torchship Captain: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079VKR2KN/
I tutor math and physics, mostly at the high school/AP/IB/introductory college level. Online or in person. Occasionally I will take a middle school student, especially if they are an ACX fan. Subjects include algebra, geometry, triginometry, precalculus, calculus, algebra-based physics and calculus-based physics, and all AP and IB physics and math exams. I will also occasionally take a computer science student. I used to be a high school AP computer science teacher, my students averaged 4.0 on the AP exam.
https://newsletter.eleanorkonik.com/
Once a week I share a newsletter (RSS or email, it's hosted on Ghost) that's a brief overview with follow-up references about a particular topic I'm researching that week. For example: obscure facts about scurvy, the history of hats around the world, and the plausibility of herding giant spiders for their silk.
My main blog -- https://www.eleanorkonik.com -- is mostly focused on how archaeology and history can help speculative fiction writers; some of my articles have been published by outlets like SFWA and Tor. Occasionally I talk about notetaking (I'm a moderator for the community around personal knowledge management software called Obsidian) & politics or do book reviews.
musictherapypodcast.com
Therapy for musicians by a musician and therapist
I do coaching!
Achieving goals, emotional resilience, working with internal conflict, relationships, etc.
I can also help with psychedelic integration, if your latest attempt to restore your sense of smell with LSD went a little haywire.
Book a free intro call here:
https://pricklesandgoo.com/
And check out my "public notebook" in Roam:
https://roamresearch.com/#/app/HowToHuman/page/BSFuobcvJ
Hi. I write a blog on topics of interest to SSC readers focused on crazy ideas, the potential of future innovations, and effective altruism:
https://harsimony.wordpress.com/
A few posts which may be of interest:
A List of Major, Future Innovations (https://harsimony.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/a-list-of-major-future-innovations/)
Against World Government (https://harsimony.wordpress.com/2021/05/02/against-world-government/)
Let’s Eliminate Sleep (https://harsimony.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/why-sleep/)
Counterfactual Contracts (https://harsimony.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/counterfactual-contracts/)
Write Down Your Ideas (https://harsimony.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/write-down-your-ideas/)
Also make sure to check out the link posts!
I have a blog! It's called the Questioner and it's about superforecasting, memetics, and psychedelics.
What makes my blog more interesting that the typical superforecasting/memetics/psychedelics blog is that I talk about the practical applications a lot more. For example, using memes to influence elections, using superforecasting to clean up in the stock market, etc. I also talk about a few experiments of mine in which I've done exactly that.
https://questioner.substack.com/p/coming-soon
If you are into poetry, short stories of love and love lost, life and all of its occurrences please check out Sign of the Secret of the Sign.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C27HR17/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_7ZARXHEPEAVDMJBHQRT0
Ransomware and short stories: https://tepidintrepid.substack.com/
I'm working on an investigative horror tabletop RPG. I haven't come up with a final name for it yet, so it's currently called Untitled Cosmic Horror Project. It's pretty far along in the playtest process, and I'm running at least one game of it a week online.
You can download the quickstart rules here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FkWF23-XNqIiLGDhvWgP9pNpOUjbEbRT/view?usp=drivesdk
And join the playtest server here: https://discord.gg/5M65jFxS
My wife's Etsy shop for acrylic pouring paintings: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/LadyYangArt?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1002149973.
If interested please take a look and any comments or even criticism on the shop or the paintings I'm sure would be appreciated!
https://parrhesia.substack.com
I write about meta-ethics, libertarian political theory, culture war stuff, intelligence research and other stuff. I just started writing! This is my recent piece in which I speculate that wokeness is a consequence of viewing racism as a disease:
https://parrhesia.substack.com/p/does-viewing-racism-as-a-disease
Thanks :)
I'm on the job hunt, and the SSC classified thread produced some good leads a while ago, so hopefully the ACX one will as well!
I'm a graduate of Carnegie Mellon's privacy engineering master's program, and also got my bachelor's from there undergrad in computer science and mathematics. Before I went back for grad school, I worked as a programmer at Microsoft and Booz Allen, and more recently I've served as a UN expert on child online protection and taught for Art of Problem Solving. Some personal programming projects I'm proud of include a mod for Slay the Spire and several automated logic puzzle generators. I'm a skilled writer and presenter, with a knack for finding memorable examples of technical concepts, such as a magic-trick-based cryptography lesson or a parapsychology experiment for a class on experimental design and statistics.
I'm most interested in privacy-related work, but I'm flexible. I really enjoy teaching, I'm quite practiced at coding, and I pick up new domains of policy very readily. If you know of any job openings I might be a match for, please let me know here or contact me at euclid11 (at) gmail.com.
I write collections of nanofiction/metafiction science fiction in an empire of postsophont libertarian space elves that have been quite well received. And cited in the comments back on SSC a few times, as I recall. If this sounds like it might be your thing, books and reviews are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Alistair-Young/e/B00A3957R4/
and the writing blog where I share my drafts, for a taste of the content, is here:
https://eldraeverse.com/
I’m an artist and designer who specializes in caricatures of people (and pets!) that are great for birthday, anniversary, wedding, etc gifts:
http://www.iklunk.com/caricature
I'm working on an AI assisted language learning thing for intermediate to advanced users. I'm looking for some early feedback. You get to use it for free during the alpha in exchange. https://forms.gle/7iJaAwTHX1nA6WRNA
This isn't happiness
★ https://thisisnthappiness.com
Art, Photography, Design & Disappointment
I’m one of the founders of Substack, and a long time SSC/ACT fan.
We’re hiring engineers (and other things) and have had great luck with folks from the community.
https://substack.com/jobs
I work for an always-hiring software startup in the NLP and AI space, more or less: balto.ai. It's a real-time conversation guidance platform, it does what it says on the tin, and does it really well.
We are not Bay-based, have a remarkably positive and extremely low-ego culture, and need talent in engineering, implementation, sales and account management (and also we could use a CFO with SaaS experience). Series B will close very soon.
WE WILL HIRE YOU WITH NO RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LEARN. Many of our best people came to us from bartending, construction, and even straight out of liberal arts programs at tiny colleges.
Peruse our jobs board here if this sounds interesting: https://boards.greenhouse.io/balto
Hello I’m a UX/UI designer from London. Im between jobs atm so if you’ve got a project you’d like an app designed or any feedback on I’d be happy to help, wouldn’t necessary need to be for £$€. I’ve a portfolio at dyniol.com
I'm Amy Alkon, and I write "science-help" - research-based advice. My current book, "Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence," explains the *actions* to take to transform yourself to live with confidence. http://amzn.to/2fFdl2c
*Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases #ad
Want to get at truths the ancient sages of all cultures knew but have largely been forgotten in our youth-obsessed modern world?
I apply what I've known and read of history, psychology, and spirituality to what's going on today.
Check it out/subscribe at: richardtseng.substack.com
Request for shilling: what are good products for sleep? I’ve tried various doses of melatonin, blue light blocking glasses, white noise generators, and CBT but none of them seem to have much of an effect, positive or negative. I don’t really have a huge sleep problem, but I really like good nights of sleep
I wrote a book that generated no interest:
https://www.radiantpress.ca/shop/9781989274477
"In handwringers, self is a half-baked hope gleaned from various media, populating page after page with chattering anxiety circling identity, authenticity, religion, and culture.This collection of short stories revolves around Jewish identity and the schlemiel -- a figure in Jewish folklore described as "one who handles a situation in the worst possible manner or is dogged by an ill luck that is more or less due to his own ineptness." The schlemiel is not always apparent in the pages, but is continually evoked as a guiding concept, a tribute, an homage, and a narrative identity. The length and arrangement of the stories approximate a chaotic media experience: clips, soundbites, advertisements, shows, films, photographs, the all-at-once internet; a disembodied head spins like a top in green and black holographic space -- is this the likeness of a far-flung psyche or just a forgotten Much Music commercial? Collectively, moments of epiphany and/or crisis suggest fragments of self deliriously trying to assemble, clinging to would-be wisdoms and TV tag-lines, while failing to locate its/their misplaced community."
I wanted to let you all know about my paid Anki alternative, 21st Night: get21stnight.com . It was designed to solve a few issues I had with Anki:
1) Full integration with notes and pdfs: it always bothered me that the flashcards I made from my notes were in a separate place/unattached to the notes themselves. 21st Night integrates them tightly in one place.
2) Ease of use: Anki has a lot of features, but it's really difficult to use, and forces you into its own paradigm. I wanted something that had all the features of Anki, but was easier and more flexible to use (e.g. you didn't have to review your cards with spaced repetition if you didn't want to)
3) Stickiness: somewhat tied to ease of use, Anki is really hard to stick with. I wanted a studying app that was easier to stick with than Anki.
21st Night has full import/export with Anki, Quizlet, and CSV/PDF (for flashcards/notes). It has a 2 week free trial, and you can also try out the demo on the website without creating an account. Check it out at get21stnight.com !
I help people start folding origami tessellations by explaining the basic building blocks and underlying principles. I'm currently running a 5-week live series on the foundations, with recordings available to catch up or review previous sessions. You can sign up at https://gatheringfolds.com/signup and the second session will be Friday, August 13th.
I have been designing and manufacturing tactical shotgun accessories for police and non-police for 18 years now, after an earlier career in high tech: https://www.mesatactical.com/
The Short Cheap Math Book (tax books also available) https://www.amazon.com/Short-Cheap-Math-Book-Mathematical/dp/B08NTZTS2B/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+short+cheap+math+book+kirk+taylor&qid=1628722991&sr=8-1
Shilling for my wife's designer home decor store: https://citra.studio
They just started not long ago. The main product right now is a set of cool rugs. If you're not interested in rugs but like their style/want to follow them because you *also* think the rugs are cool, they're on instagram as @_citrastudio .
https://soen.substack.com/
An inquiry into this-worldly redemption; essentially an extension and refinement of the "self-actualization" discourse running through figures like Jung, Nietzsche and those associated with the Esalen Institute in the 60's and 70's
I wrote a simple site to conduct polls using ranked choice voting - https://poller.io
You can try it out if you ever need a good way for a group of people to pick a single winner from a group of three or more options.
I think I am the only regular reader who believes in God. Still.
Blog -- https://kristenburroughs.com/
If you don't believe all that much in the efficient market hypothesis and appreciate brief write-ups about forgotten stocks. And/or if you have an interest in political science on a more abstract level (more posts on that coming soon):
turtles.substack.com
I recommend my podcast, The Lee Show, for funny stories, discussion of current events, geopolitics, and ideas that you won’t find elsewhere
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lee-show/id1576247771
https://open.spotify.com/show/3b4Z3xMsklWEk7vT9fHtr6?si=SblAmabASIWX1R6VG2Dt_g&dl_branch=1
Links to it for a couple of leading podcast players above. Enjoy!
I have a book coming out, Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History's Least Likely Self-Help Guru. It's the world's first self-help guide based on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. That'll sound like a joke, and it is. But I mean it, too. Poe is the hero we all need now. https://www.amazon.com/Poe-Your-Problems-Uncommon-Self-Help/dp/0762499095/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1610205425&sr=1-1
A few years ago I wrote, programmed, scored, and did most of the art for a video game called Manna For Our Malices. The pitch is "groundhog day meets the x files, as an anime".
It's available from both itch (https://enkiv2.itch.io/manna-for-our-malices) and steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1013580/Manna_for_our_Malices/)
Since everyone is sharing their substack, here's mine:
https://moreisdifferent.substack.com/
So far I have written about FDA reform, connectomics, and AI for COVID-19 diagnosis. It's been on a 3 month hiatus since I moved and changed jobs but I have a new post on FDA reform in the works (focus on regenerative medicine / stem cells). In the future there will be less on the FDA and more on AI Safety and Progress Studies.
Also related to FDA reform - check out this panel I organized which has high information density:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL4q9gPlGAY
and my summary:
http://transhumanist-party.org/2021/04/25/summary-fda-reform-panel/
here's my list of possible FDA reforms:
https://moreisdifferent.substack.com/p/a-laundry-list-of-possible-fda-reforms
For longevity fans -- this isn't going to launch officially until early September, but I've been given permission from the founder (Dylan Livingston) to share it among "transhumanist communities and mailing lists online". What I'm talking about is The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives, a new 501c4 organization that is the first of its kind. Unlike other longevity nonprofits, they can (and will) engage in lobbying and political activities. I'm really proud to be their first member and I encourage others to join early for similar bragging rights. Check it out here : https://www.a4li.org/ . Dylan worked on the Biden campaign and he's been working full time on this for several months, laying out a very strong foundation, putting together a really stellar advisory board and board of directors which will be announced in September.
We're writing Dolt, a SQL database with git versioning features. It's a SQL database you can branch and merge, fork and clone, push and pull, just like a git repository. It's like git and MySQL had a baby. The people here are smart enough to see the possibilities with that, so go check it out:
https://github.com/dolthub/dolt
Following up on my free podcast audiobook of Scott Alexander's "UNSONG", I'm narrating the works of David Chapman, starting with "Meaningness". https://fluidity.libsyn.com
New, free, values-based, video-only dating app where you pre-filter based on dealbreakers & dealmakers (crowd-sourced; no "expert" algorithms): https://drom.date/astralcodexten
I blog at benjiwheeler.medium.com . I write about politics, education, books and technology. I'd say my tone is intellectual but accessible, skeptical but not overly smug about it :) I think ACX readers would find my writing worth reading!
Do you miss the good old days when Slate Star Codex had a side bar with many wonderful products? Relive those halcyon days every time you bite into Mealsquares: https://mealsquares.com/. We're kind of hoping you mostly taste the nostalgia since we're so low sugar.
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Free Black Thought (FBT) combats racial essentialism and the politics of racial authenticity by promoting public awareness of the great diversity of thought among black writers and artists. In so doing, we seek to highlight the unique contributions to public debates made by heterodox black voices from across the political spectrum. FBT is non-partisan: we pursue no political agenda other than a commitment to free speech, civil rights, and a conviction that a pluralistic society committed to liberal democracy is nourished by the entire spectrum of black thinking on matters of politics, society, and culture.
FBT’s Compendium of Free Black Thought contains topically arranged bibliographies of heterodox writing by black authors: https://bit.ly/Compendium_of_FBT
The FBT website features a curated list of heterodox black podcasters and YouTubers, arranged into broad categories by political ideology (“Liberal,” “Centrist,” “Conservative”): www.freeblackthought.com
Our Journal of Free Black Thought just published its inaugural essay by Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics at Brown University and FBT advisor: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/wrestle-not-against-flesh-and-blood
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Thank you for your consideration.
A dating ad, why not: Compared to the average ACT reader, I am athletic, extroverted, offline, low in neuroticism, and interested in aesthetics. Hobbies include cycling, wilderness backpacking, climbing, music, and dance. The dream is to build a household glowing with love, music, and community. That could include building the physical house — and definitely includes unschooling, free-range parenting, or something along those lines. Looking for competence, judgement, and flow. On a date I can take you to the mountains or to the Met, your choice.
My basic information: M seeking F, aged 33, truly 6'0" (189 cm), income ~$400k with upward potential, working remotely.
Location: US West or Southwest, open to travel and snow-birding. I spent the pandemic taking a COVID-safe road trip around the West, which I'm still on. Give me a reason to move to a place.
Use the Zoomcorder video robot (which I built!) to record your next webinar or meeting WITHOUT you attending. (It's ideal for video meetings where you mainly listen.) Immediately after the meeting a recording will be sent to you to watch anytime. Try it out at: https://Zoomcorder.com
I wish I had something already written up on this, but before the comments become too unmanageable ...
I'm an independent researcher EA interested in sponsoring someone to work on a research agenda related to AI-driven persuasion tech-slash-memetic warfare. See https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/qKvn7rxP2mzJbKfcA/persuasion-tools-ai-takeover-without-agi-or-agency for some idea of what I'm talking about. I envision this would be a 2-3 month project for an EA aligned student or recent grad.
I'll look for people through more traditional channels soon, but wanted to throw up something here to cast a wider net. In the meantime, if you'd like more information, please shoot me an email at memeticwarfarin at gmail.com.
I write a funny literature / book blog at http://dreicafe.com. The shtik is to take "serious literature" and present it to a layman reader (I pretend I'm writing for a tradie mate); I occasionally stretch the definition of "literature" to e.g. TalkBass forum posts. It's framed as letters to friends. I am going for short & highly funny articles, but with meat on the bone for each one.
There's Melbourne Australia 'Lockdown Experience Blog' content in the older issues (mostly complaints about "pick up yr dog poo") signs, for anyone into that sort of stuff!
http://dreicafe.com
I’ve worked with Capitalists, Communists, and Catholics in Asia, Europe, and North America and have set up an executive coaching practice for potential / current leaders in business, government, and nonprofit. john@bahsuh84.com
I write about Freemasonry. Everything anyone could ever want to know about the ancient Fraternity:
https://emeth.substack.com
Disclaimer: Not my project. Just something cool I'd like to share.
Worried about climate change? Want to help accelerate the development of nuclear power plants but don't know where to start?
If you can write Python, you can help! As it turns out, there are mundane issues like:
- How do you encode a pebble bed reactor design in a yaml file, so that simulation framework can ingest it?
- How do you upgrade to the latest version of numpy without breaking anything?
- How do you support other grid types? The simulation framework can handle it, but the UI can't.
Check out this GitHub project, they are accepting contributions: https://github.com/terrapower/armi
Perks:
- Feel like you're doing something about climate change.
- Learn about reactor core design.
- Get noticed by senpai Nick Touran (https://partofthething.com/).
If you want your kids to learn coding, you could do worse than to try the relatively new live classes we do on top of our game-based-learning coding platform: https://codecombat.com/parents (self-paced options also available). Works best for kids 8-14, but can serve well as soon as they can type, and plenty of adults learn coding with us, too.
I write law review articles about First Amendment protections for free inquiry (including freedom to experiment, to collect/analyze data, and to make scientific claims that fall short of current FDA/FTC requirements of proof.) Perhaps of interest to this group.
Jane Bambauer, Is Data Speech? (https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2014/01/66_Stan._L_Rev_57_Bambauer.pdf)
Snake Oil Speech (https://www.law.uw.edu/wlr/print-edition/print-edition/vol-93/1/snake-oil-speech)
All Life Is an Experiment. (Sometimes It's a Controlled Experiment.) (https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/law/students/publications/llj/pdfs/vol47/issue2/J.%20Bambauer.pdf)
The Empirical First Amendment (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/159598594.pdf)
I am so grateful for SSC / AC10 content (including reader comments).
Mortality, public finance, and public pensions -- I have a substack (link next to my name, but for convenience: https://marypatcampbell.substack.com/ )
I'm a life actuary and I'm really into explaining mortality trends right now. Tax policy and stressed public pensions are also tops for topics for me.
Astranis is hiring for all kinds of engineering and non-engineer positions. We're a team in San Francisco, recently raised a 250m series C, building small geostationary communications satellites.
https://www.astranis.com/careers