Hi, I’m Florian. I am enthusiastic about working on large scale problems that require me to learn new skills and extend my knowledge into new fields and subtopics. My main interests are climate change, existential risks, feminism, history, hydrology and food security. I hope to find a place where I can work on some (or all?) of these topics, apply my data science skills, work in a team and share my knowledge by writing articles and giving courses and presentations. If you have similar interests or know of an organisation I would fit in well, let’s get in touch!
More info at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-ulrich-jehn-b03a4011b/
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Makes sense. Thanks for the detailed answer.
Just out of curiosity: Why is this admin-only?
That's a valid point. Here's the controversy graph if you exclude all posts that don't have any downvotes:
Overall trend seems to be similar though. And it makes me even more interested what happened in 2018 that sparked so much controversy^^
You can ask the API for "viewCount". However, it seems to always return "null". Not sure if this means that you aren't allowed to query for this or if the problem is just me not getting the queries right^^
That seems to have been the case. Sorry about that. Does it work now?
- Name: Replacing Guilt Series
- What is it?
- This is a collection of blog articles by Nate Soares that tackle the problem of using guilt as your main motivator.
- Why do you like it?
- Motivating yourself can be hard and the default motivator is often guilt and the feeling that you “should” be doing something. These posts try to show that guilt is not a good (and especially not a sustainable) way to motivate yourself and explore more long term approaches to keep your motivation running.
- Where to start?
- Simply start with the first entry of the series “Half-assing it with everything you got”, which is also my favorite of the whole series.
- Name: Woebot
- What is it?
- Woebot is a chatbot that does cognitive behavioural therapy with you.
- Why do you like it?
- While a chatbot is obviously not the same as having a therapist, it is easily available and for some cognitive behavioural therapy exercises you basically only need someone to talk you through it. Woebot is more on the cute side, which I guess could be annoying for some people, but I think it sets a friendly atmosphere. It also helps you to track your mood and has a vast collection of exercises to help with sleep problems, stress and other mental health problems.
- Where to start?
- You can just download the app (e.g. via Google Play) and start talking to it immediately.
The roots of progress blog by Jason Crawford might be worth a look. It often discusses topics like technological stagnation or how quick technologies grow.