All of BrianTan's Comments + Replies

The main URL didn't work for me, but the backup did. This was fun and useful; it helped me better understand what these different farming systems are like!

Minor thing, but I don't remember Dustin being portrayed much in The Social Network? Do you mean Eduardo Saverin?

Thanks for linking this! I don't see anything under "Updated notes by me, Remmelt:" though

Cool initiative! (Btw the last sentence is cut off / doesn't have a link)

Minor question: What's the For Humanity’s AI Safety Special documentary? Is there a way to watch it already? I can't find it online.

I'm not from LTFF but I believe you can apply for funding with an end date past Aug 31! The application form now mentions it's only the EAIF that has that restriction.

@calebp @Linch 

1. Can someone from LTFF confirm if this restriction (that the grant period should end on or before Aug 31, 2025) will be set for all applications in this Q1 grant round? (When I first saw the note referenced above around December, I thought it would lift before the Feb 15 deadline, but it seems like it's not going to be lifted by then?)
2. I also have the same question as Pip above!

Thanks for these helpful points! Minor note: Did you mean Schmidt Futures and not Smith Futures?

Thanks for the update! I appreciate that decisions will be communicated within 1.5 months of the application deadline.

Btw, this URL (https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/far-future/apply) you link to leads to "Page not found".

Hey Leo, sorry for the late reply, but thanks for explaining and updating the post!

I understand that you and Juana are funded as national coordinators, but I still think including staff costs in the event budget would give a better picture. Maybe you could estimate the time you and Juana spent on the event to calculate the staff cost and add that to the budget?

I think the cost per attendee would be more realistic and helpful if it included staff costs, or if it was shown both with and without staff costs. This could give others a more realistic idea of wha... (read more)

Congrats Leo, Juana, and the rest of the team on the event! I have a minor question about the writeup: It seems that the budget and cost per attendee do not include the team's salaries, and I assume there were salaries/staff costs incurred. Are there reasons for not including staff costs in the calculations? (I noticed that this was also the case for EAGxLatAm 2024, though that was organized by a different team.)

I think including staff costs provides a better picture of the money spent organizing these events. Of course, there may be considerations I'm not... (read more)

Got it, no problem!

Hi Dawn, thanks for your interest in donating to EA Philippines! I'm unsure if I understood you correctly, but EA PH's minimum funding goal on Manifund is $500, as the team would appreciate any amount of funding. So I think if your donation is at least $400, then the project would indeed be funded, and you wouldn't need to be refunded. Let me know if this answers your concern!

Hey James, sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the feedback! 

Here are the averages across groups by country for each of the group measures:

It would be time-consuming to show how the group measures have changed by country across groups surveys, and some questions in the 2022 census weren’t asked previously, so I hope the above is useful enough for you.

I can share the number of groups founded per country by year since 2011 here though (for groups still currently active):

I only included countries with a minimum of 3 groups that filled out the 2022 c... (read more)

Hey Manuel, sorry for the late reply, but thanks for your comment!

I agree it would be better for the results of EA surveys (including this one) to be published earlier. The reason the census results came out in June was because: 

1. In January-March, I had to prioritize other tasks/projects instead of analyzing and writing the census results
2. Analyzing and writing the census results took longer than I expected

We'll try to publish the results for this year's census a bit earlier.

"This post by Joey" returns a 404 page btw!

I agree that it seems good for EA to have a career-focused pledge, and I wrote up a similar idea here on the Forum two years ago, which had mixed feedback then. I think some people thought it was a bad idea because of the "maximizing" language in the pledge's name and the post though, but they may still be sympathetic to the idea of a career-focused pledge. I now think that a "do the most good" pledge is not an ideal name, and I've updated the post to say this.

One difference between your pledge idea and mine is that yours doesn't sound like a lifetime pled... (read more)

The link to the Substack page at the top doesn't work for me for some reason, even if it works on LessWrong. Maybe it's a bug. Maybe you could get the link to work somehow?

I see, yeah you might get better attendance for social events when the group is more established and has more regular members!

No worries, and I'll keep an eye on it! Sorry, I missed out on your last question. During our first year, I think we viewed EA Philippines as a serious organization trying to market EA via well-run events (i.e. with speakers), rather than as a small, tight-knit community. Moreover, it was only in November that we started to feel we had enough regular attendees (i.e. 15-20) to organize a socials.

Looking back, we could have done one or two more social meetups that year. I only say one or two because I think other types of events (especially discussions of EA... (read more)

In case you (or others) didn't know, you can find the top Shortform posts every month or every year at https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/allPosts, below the list of top posts. (There doesn't seem to be a way to see the top ones all time though.)

Hey Mike, thanks for the kind feedback, and thanks for helping EA South Korea!  I can answer your questions:

1. That $2,400 was via CEA's group support funding. You're correct though that the link is now different and is now here. 
   
   I now work for CEA as a group support contractor, and I process group support funding applications. EA South Korea can apply for group support funding from CEA for any expenses within our common expense guidelines. 
2. Yes, I did speak. I don't remember it well, but I think I gave an intro to EA and EA Philippines. I may h

got it!

Cool to see this is happening - when is the deadline for people to apply?

Cool opportunity! I assume that EA knowledge is not a requirement at all?

Thanks James! Yep, that's usually the case

The title should be Rotterdam instead of Rottedam :)

Edited to add: Thanks for fixing!

I'm happy this exists and I like the logo!

Great, thanks!

Thanks for doing this! I think it's worth specifying though in the post and in the website that the website does not include full-time positions. 

Saying "we include a wide range of non-full-time positions" doesn't convey that you don't include full-time positions, and people might wonder why full-time positions aren't here. I think it was clearer that it didn't include full-time positions when it was called the EA Internships Board.

It's great that CFAR is running workshops again. I've heard great things about them and would like to join one in the future (though I probably will not join these ones in Prague).

I just want to ask why the info above isn't reflected on the CFAR website yet? When will it be reflected there if ever? I think it would help increase the legitimacy and appeal of these workshops, rather than having people go to a Forum post with no photos.

I agree that student groups should prioritize succession planning, so thanks for writing this! Just want to note for readers of this post that the EA Groups Resource Centre has this resource on Handing Over Leadership. It could use some updating (such as linking to this post), which we'll probably do over the next few weeks, but I think it has helpful information and resources on how to go about succession planning.

Thanks for sharing the database links Luke! I wasn't aware FTX had that, but it definitely makes sense that they do.

Interesting, I wasn't familiar with this connotation (even if I watch quite a few sports). 

To me the name Asterisk is decent, but yeah it might not be a good one if it would be confused with other search results or journals/magazines, like asteriskjournal.org as noted by Azure here

Cool project! Could I ask why it's called Asterisk?

I suggest you change the title to say 80K advising rather than consulting, since that's what they refer to it as. I was wondering if 80K launched a new consulting service!

Cool program! One question on this:

We've already invited a first cohort of 21 regrantors to test the program.

Will you be announcing who these regrantors are, and when will that happen if so?

Thanks for the info! Yeah intensities of workouts matter too. 

Interesting! How often and for how many hours per week do you work out now in VR (and how many hrs not in VR per week now)? And how often and for how many hours did you work out per week before?

I like the Sankey diagram too - what did you use to make it Yi-Yang?

The title should say February 2022 instead of 2021! :)

Really happy to see this book being available widely now and publicized more! I'll copy over my Goodreads review here below. I highly recommend the book:

"This was the most useful book I read in 2021. It's an amazing book for people interested in making a large impact with their career, especially those interested in starting a charity or working for one. They tell you why and how to start a high-impact charity, while giving you the tools and tips to make great decisions as a charity entrepreneur, which are useful even if you don't start a charity. Give it ... (read more)

I think this is a good idea and is probably worth it for one or more people to try making this happen!

Thanks for this post! I agree this is a problem, and the solution of talking about yours or others' career changes or motivated reasoning seems promising.

I like this post and find it valuable - thanks Akash!

No problem!