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Found in the Struce
by David Reinstein
Ideas shouldn't get "lost in the struce": they should be put on a podcast! Explaining challenging concepts from economics, statistics, social science, data science/tech, philosophy and EA... without watering it down. You'll come away with real knowledge and insight that you didn't have before.- Reading and discussing articles and posts; mine & others- Short takes/short ideas, & some gripes and musings on language, society, & culture. - Findings & themes from behavioral science, carefully considering the *evidence* (not just sensational headlines).
Episodes
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"Turismo Eficaz" (EA Mexico Fellowship 1/n episodes). Discussions with Agustin Covarrubias, a taxi driver, and a bit more. [Fixed ordering]
First of maybe 3 episodes with some audio giving you a flavor of (my experience of) the EA Mexico Fellowship. Most of this episode surrounds my conversations with Agustin Covarrubias. Some people might find the "Branches of AI Safety" (jump to that section) the most interesting part. 27 May 2023…
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Seeing the effects of your donation and making incremental choices (EA Forum)
Practicing what I preach = reading what I wrote... Seeing the effects of your donation and making incremental choices in EA Forum Part of the 'giving and gifts podcast trilogy' along with Profusion: The Big, Christmassy Data Special and FITS "The Economics of the Gift" reading
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The Economics of the Gift
I read and blather about "The Economics of the Gift", an essay I wrote for an interdisciplinary conference and book on "Gift Giving and the 'Embedded Economy' in the ancient world". Part of a planned multi-part series on "reading old stuff I wrote and seeing how much I cringe". Full essay is HERE...
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But what *is* "The Struce"? And why do we think we can find things in it?
Finally answering the burning question!
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Part II: Reading EA Forum post, "Differences in the Intensity of Valenced Experience across Species" by Jason Schukraft
... with only a few comments and explainers. I finished the post, but I hope to make a part III with the footnotes and EA Forum comments on the Post
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"Differences in the Intensity of Valenced Experience across Species" by Jason Schukraft -- part 1
Reading EA Forum post, "Differences in the Intensity of Valenced Experience across Species" by Jason Schukraft ... with only a few comments and explainers "Why it would matter if different sorts of animals possessed characteristically different intensity ranges of valenced experience" -- Jason...
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Not an official FITS episode! Audio/organization is below standard. Discussion of Michael Plant's appearance on Clearer Thinking, and his work in general
I mainly made this for myself and people I'm discussing these issues with. Audio is so/so, and I repeat myself a bit, I suspect. But if you want to hear me ramble about measuring the relative effects of counseling and income interventions, how to measure this, and how to consider the relative…
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"The value of money going to different groups" (...the very very poor vs the very very very poor) by Toby Ord -- reading & discussion
Would it be better for $100 to go to someone living on $300 a year or $200 to go to someone earning $500 per year? This is a really tough choice, but one organizations like GiveDirectly need to think about. How can we consider it? I read and discuss Toby Ord's EA Forum post and linked CEA…
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"Psychological barriers to effective altruism: An evolutionary perspective" ... reading, discussion, perusing some of the cited work
I read "Psychological barriers to effective altruism: An evolutionary perspective" by Bastian Jaeger and Mark van Vugt This is relevant to my own related synthesis project "Increasing effective charitable giving: The puzzle, what we know, what we need to know next", a web-book in progress. The...
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Cultured meat: A comparison of techno-economic analyses -- reading from the EA Forum (by Linch and Neil Dullaghan, Rethink Priorities)
I read "Cultured meat: A comparison of techno-economic analyses" I added some comments including a few 'what does this mean?' cries for help. Note, I mentioned stray content in one place when it was actually a link to a google doc -- I was reading this on a black and white e-reader that didn't…
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Reading and remarks on Jamie Harris, "Evidence from two studies of EA careers advice interventions", EA Forum
Reading and some comments on [This post](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EGoLAH7xaMKt9QHyA/evidence-from-two-studies-of-ea-careers-advice-interventions) on the EA Forum, which I've given feedback on in other ways.
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Journal-slaying; The “Evaluated Project Repo” (aka ‘the Unjournal’) (http://bit.ly/unjournal); Future EA Forum post?
Reading from the collaborative Google Doc HERE (http://bit.ly/unjournal), by David Reinstein, with contributions/comments from Edo Arad, Sergey Frolov, Georgios Kaklamanos, Paula Masuzzo, Ben Smith, Gavin Taylor, Peter Slattery, Cecilia Tilli, Paulo Crosetto, Nathan Young and others The…
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Reading/comments on EA Forum -- Opinion: Digital marketing is under-utilized in EA by JSWinchell
Reading post here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cPCra34aCGrYzKcDF/opinion-digital-marketing-is-under-utilized-in-ea?view=postCommentsTop&postId=cPCra34aCGrYzKcDF As usual, reading the comments and adding some of my own. See also CountryTime Lemonade ads, an unpaid sponsor of this...
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"Why scientific research is less effective in producing value than it could be: a mapping" -- reading C Tilli's EA Forum post, comments (my own and others)
Reading "Why scientific research is less effective in producing value than it could be: a mapping" post in the EA Forum (and peering at some links). Some comments and thoughts/my own experience. Reading the comments section, especially comments from Linch Zhang, IanDavidMoss, and...
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Part 2 of Reinstein Reads... "Intervention Report: Charter Cities" by David Bernard, Jason Schukraft
Finishing my reading of "Intervention Report: Charter Cities by DavidBernard, Jason Schukraft" from Rethink Priorities, as posted on the EA Forum. Whew, this was long! I even read the comments.
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Reinstein Reads... "Intervention Report: Charter Cities" by David Bernard, Jason Schukraft
By popular request (N=1), I read "Intervention Report: Charter Cities by DavidBernard, Jason Schukraft" from Rethink Priorities, as posted on the EA Forum. - Minimal commentary and explainers (trying to cut back) - I got through about half the report, tbc soon
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Sleuths on "The case of the missing cause prioritisation research" (reading/notes on @weeatquince post on EA forum)
I'm on "The case of the missing cause prioritisation research" by weeatquince I get into links, comments and more. OK not more, just those things but it sounds better to say "and more". Here's my reading and takes on the next EA Forum post (suggested by Rossa)... If you want to engage, maybe add...
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Reading (and remarks): Benjamin Todd, EA Forum, Why I've come to think global priorities research is even more important than I thought
I watched An introduction to global priorities research | Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan | EA Student Summit 2020 He recommended two posts to understand the landscape. One was: Benjamin Todd, EA Forum, "Why I've come to think global priorities research is even more important than I thought", which I…
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Losing Face?
Is it hard on a face when it gets laughed in? Is this hurting the economy, and the world? The back story for some of my recent research and future plans. Part one of ?? With a brief epilogue with the esteemed Dr. Jeroen van de Ven of the Univ. of Amsterdam. Am I supposed to put hashtags in this...
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Ideas shouldn't get "lost in the struce": they should be put on a podcast! Explaining challenging concepts from economics, statistics, social science, data science/tech, philosophy and EA... without watering it down. You'll come away with real knowledge and insight that you didn't have before.- Reading and discussing articles and posts; mine & others- Short takes/short ideas, & some gripes and musings on language, society, & culture. - Findings & themes from behavioral science, carefully considering the *evidence* (not just sensational headlines).
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David Reinstein
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