TL;DR

• Experience in Math, Datascience, small non-profit management
• I care about people and suffering
• Prefer intervention through removing bad actors
• Not sure how to do that, Lobbying? 
• Please send me potential jobs and internships

Introduction

Hi everyone, thank you for taking the time to read & help! 

I’m very new to EA and new to looking for 3rd sector jobs, so please feel free to send information I didn’t explicitly request & give constructive criticism :)

Short CV

Professional work

• Bachelor of mathematics from TAU
• Two years total of data science (internships)
• One year of firmware optimization (internship)
• Two years of cyber security systems integration (pre-uni)

Volunteer work

• Five years on board of directors of the Israeli Go Association (four years as head)
• One year of volunteer work for the Association for LGBTQ equality in Israel

Other skills

• Fluent Hebrew and English, competent Dutch
• Conducting research, writing and debating.

Example areas I care about

1. Direct systemic violence (war, genocide, slavery)
2. Global warming
3. Global health

Why direct systemic violence is first on the list

I simply put a huge weight on the amount of mental suffering that comes together with such violence.

What I mean by “bad actors”

Any person or organization that creates harm for their own gain. This could be political leaders, religious leaders or companies.

Some unordered notable examples

• Ethiopian leaders in the Tigray war
• Chinese leaders in the context of Xinjiang
• Owners of some private prisons in the US
• Nestle in the context of child labor
• ExxonMobil in the context of climate change denial and policy manipulation

Why focus on removing bad actors?

Personal POV

The frustration I feel with bad actors is to me a much stronger motivator than the pain and suffering alone.

I’ll refrain from considering why here ;)

EA POV

Bad actors take attention away from important problems, through misinformation and lobbying. This removes a great amount of financial support from non-EA members for EA causes. 

A clear example here is ExxonMobile’s influence on conventional climate change conversations and policy.

Considering the amount of resources non-EA members bring it seems worthwhile to spend effort on where those resources go. 

If you have any research about the negative impact of such actors, I would love to read it ;)

How to remove bad actors?

I don’t know. I would love to see more research on any of the following points.

My current understanding and thoughts:

• The case of states
  • Sanctions seem to be mostly ineffective and are often harmful
  • Peaceful protest seems mostly ineffective
  • Violent protest seems to be a coinflip between effective and harmful
  • Lobbying seems effective but requires a lot of pre-existing power
• The case of companies
  • Bad press seems to be a coinflip in the current political climate
  • The current laws don’t seem to be doing much

What would I prefer to do?

work with people for at least a large part of the day. That means less programming and mathematical research and more management or anything else that leads to a lot of conversations (right now my only idea is lobbying, other ideas are very welcome).

I do realize this is a tall order with my CV, so anything that would combine my strong suits with what I want to do, or would help me transition is more than welcome.

Geographic limitations:

• I will be moving from Israel to South Korea in two months and will probably stay there for 1-2 years. I’m guessing that means I’ll have to do remote work, I do realize how this clashes with what I want.
• I don’t have authorization to work in the US which seems to be a requirement for a lot of (even remote) jobs.

What did I try?

I’ve tried going through organization lists and seeing which has openings, I’ve tried using the 80,000 hours jobs board. 

I’ve seen that I simply do not qualify for most jobs, and that I have a hard time judging how relevant different jobs are to me.

How can you help?

• Send jobs/ internships my way.
• Send relevant research to the points above.
• Give me feedback on anything! My reasoning, the style of this post etc…

Thank you so much for taking the time to read!