I see now. Here in Brazil it works differently. You only own the house after paying full for the bank, before that the bank is the proprietary.

On thinking about the "world got weird because of AI but we are all alive" scenario, I would consider withdrawing from savings to finish paying for the house.

If AI causes something to go terribly wrong on financial systems(lets supose, all banking systems are now easy to hack with AI or something with similar consequences) seems good to not have to prove in legal battles that you actually pais for that % of your own house.

Also, thanks for sharing, I always admired you two very much!

Hi GV. Thanks a lot for your comments. I believe you are mostly right, I just thought that some discretion would be advisable so we won't be attracting the wrong people, at least not in large numbers.

Yes, "wrong people" can mean a wide range of things. Maybe there is this "pioneer nostalgia" at play when wanting to select only people with deep engagement with EA principles — thanks for bringing that up. However, things can get much worse than just attracting people not very engaged. Even attracting people who will treat the whole thing as "just another job" may turn out ok. What really worries me is that you can have real scammers lured in by this "37–100 billion dollar billboard".

I am very happy to see how much ImpulsoGov has grown. Do you have any interest in directing EA Brazil community members to job roles, internships or volunteer work?

Meu amor Olha só hoje o sol não apareceu É o fim Da aventura humana na Terra Meu planeta adeus Fugiremos nós dois na arca de Noé Mas olha bem meu amor O final da odisseia terrestre Sou Adão e você será... Di-di-di-di-di-diz Minha pequena Eva (Eva) O nosso amor na última astronave (Eva) Além do infinito eu vou voar Sozinho com você E voando bem alto (Eva) Me abraça pelo espaço de um instante (Eva) Me cobre com o teu corpo e me dá A força pra viver

I wonder why "technological stagnation" isn't a topic already. Is there a way to recommend it to moderators?

This text has been translated to brazilian portuguese and can be found here: https://80000horas.com.br/recompensar-o-fornecimento-privado-de-bens-publicos/

GWWC removed the link =(

There is an internet economic outreach group in Brazil that I am pleased to participate and financially support called Mainstream Economics (Economia Mainstream): https://economiamainstream.com.br

Particularly, I think that this project could have an important impact given the strength (and the damage) caused by economic ideas that deviate from the economic mainstream in Latin America and in Brazil, in particular.

I translated a small excerpt from the group's presentation text (which can be read in Brazilian-Portuguese here: https://economiamainstream.com.br/artigo/o-que-e-o-projeto-economia-mainstream/)

1. Our goal

Our goal is to disseminate knowledge about economics as much as possible. More specifically, knowledge about mainstream economics, that is, the economics that are taught in the most relevant teaching and research centers and that serve as a framework for most scientific articles published in the major journals.

We want, through our content, to contribute to the propagation and expansion of economic knowledge. For this reason, our content is aimed at both the lay public and those who already have a certain knowledge of the subject.

1.1. Why do we have this goal?

First, for the simple fact that we love scientific dissemination for its own sake, for the pure and simple pleasure of talking about economics.

Second, because we believe that the lack of economic knowledge has generated disastrous results in Brazil. Throughout history, our country has suffered from preposterous economic plans and unsustainable political promises. The result of this is the permanent poverty in which we live, enormous inequality, a completely disorganized institutional environment, a lack of commitment to the future, and, ultimately, the erosion of the social fabric in which we find ourselves today.

We are aware that at this moment we are small players in the construction of the change we aspire to. But as much as our influence at this time is marginal, our ambition is gigantic.

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4. Our future projects

We have projects that are either just in the field of ideas or in the embryonic stage or in the development stage. Some of these projects are:

“Microeconomics Project”: teaching the fundamentals of microeconomics (we want to write texts along the lines of this one).

“Programming Project”: teaching programming fundamentals to economists in R and Python languages.

Short videos for Youtube: make animations of short videos for our Youtube channel teaching some economics concepts.

Courses: organize courses such as finance, programming, etc.

Book: publish a book with a collection of articles – whether modified articles already posted on our website or completely new articles.

Another great initiative in trying to make the Forum more friendly. Congrats!

 I'm from Brazil, São Paulo. Joined EA community in Dec 2016. Trying my best to help the community grow well.