All of Christian Pearson's Comments + Replies
Hi Ilana!
Thank you for taking the time to critically engage with the material!
We agree, it's a very complex issue, and there are many barriers to effective implementation of these ideas. We also appreciate the value of the tacit knowledge carried by people implementing boots on the ground solutions, who often know how hard it is to actually do things in reality.
As to your question, I'm personally not sure. We tried to convey the sense that there are definitely assumptions and unanswered questions being put forward by the angle we take in the video, especia...
Strongly agreed! The quote that springs to mind is, "The critic hates most what he would have done himself if he had had the guts" - Steven Pressfield.
I'm close to releasing a new EA research communications video, and I hope it embodies some of these great ideas!
Thanks for posting this, Luisa!
Depression is a beast that can affect anyone. While I have been lucky enough to evade it, I know plenty of others who suffer from it.
It's really cool that you kept such detailed logs of your mood, wellbeing, and side effects! Your analysis is very thorough. I hadn't heard of "brain zaps" before! This information will no doubt be useful to others.
I truly wish you the best on your journey toward fulfilment and happiness!
I enjoyed reading this take from Robert! It's a sincerely fun, refreshing, and erudite perspective. I am grateful to him for putting in the time to write such a thoughtful account.
I resonate with his points, especially his observations about many EAs being "young and lost". I found EA at a time when I was soul searching, and its frameworks helped me identify what impact could mean. But I don't fit the college EA group demographic, and I notice that some younger EAs struggle with self-assuredness. So it makes me happy that people approached the tent and att...
Excellent advice! Thank you for linking to additional sources! Your post has already influenced my project for the better by aligning my thinking toward better branding options.
I'd be interested in hearing more about other "common mistakes" that EA orgs may be making, outside of naming.
Very nice piece!
Your writeup is useful to me, as my casual reading into geopolitics and power have recently had me thinking more about Samo's work, and how little of it I currently understand. It's great to have a broader sense of his ideas before I dig into more of his individual articles and videos.
Having identified him to be a valuable expert whose opinions and work have overlap with EA, it surprised me that your post is among the few mentions of him on the forum. You have done great work to formulate an introduction to his ideas.
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Hi Harrison!
Thank you for taking the time to comment! I agree with your thoughtful assessment: my 'framework' is certainly not rigorous, nor useful to others aside from helping me think about how my approach has progressed. As my post is more a personal reflection, I think 'framework' is too generous as a description.
I appreciate you sharing a counter perspective. I agree that if note linking PKM is used at all, the inline links need to be obviously relevant to the idea and structure of the note.
As a peer review system, it is useful that the forum optimizes for a higher standard of rigor than my post offers. I feel challenged me to write more carefully and thoroughly in the future.
Hi Evie. I really like this post! You chose a great topic, given that communication and relationship-building skills are important to everyone.
The idea of a person's projection is a powerful one. I like how image management can just be a matter of sticking to a few key story elements about yourself—which makes it easier for others to place you in their mental map. My experience has been the same: that it pays to optimize for serendipity, and have many pots churning at once. It's amazing how random contacts made a decade ago can re-enter your life. I discov...
Great idea for a survey! I have submitted my answers.
I really liked that the list of cause areas is extensive, that you allow multiple choices, and that you offer an "Other" category. I appreciate that the survey was reasonable in length, and that it felt well thought-out.
One potential point of improvement: for the optional answer fields, I wasn't sure how long to make my responses. From a web form perspective, the fields look nice. However, I found that their single line default size led me to feel that a short response was preferred. It might be he...
DMed! :)